After enormous lobbying efforts, Monsanto’s GMO soybeans, treated with Roundup, became the country’s largest export, as cancer rates and other health issues skyrocketed.
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The Problem with Nature Writing
The sprawling Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the best place in America to reassess the way we write and think about the natural world.
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Still Waters
The muted response to Todd Haynes’s “Dark Waters” is depressingly similar to our culture’s muted response to climate change
Posted inNonfiction
The Misconception of the Wild
Leo Schwartz finds out what lessons can be learned from the burned-out Oregon backcountry.
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Burning Out
Search and rescue teams train for the worst conditions. But the worst conditions are getting worse. Are they ready for the next big disaster?
Posted inBooks, Commentary, Science & Nature, Uncategorized
This Month In Books: ‘One Degree Is About the Uncanny’
This month’s books newsletter is suspended in a state of anticipation.
Posted inNonfiction
(Who Gets to) Just Up and Move
Nicole Walker contemplates the nature of migration, and realizes there are two places you can never escape: the planet and your own head.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
How To Destroy Texas While Helping The Coal Economy
A three-part collaboration exposes the state of Texas’ willingness to violate federal law for the sake of the coal industry.
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I Entered the World’s Longest, Loneliest Horse Race on a Whim, and I Won
Somehow, implausibly, against all the odds, I became the youngest person and first woman ever to win the Mongol Derby. What made me so sure I was ready, when I was totally unprepared?
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Should We Create New Life As Our Planet Struggles to Support Life In General?
Knowing what we now know about global warming, is procreation irresponsible?
