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Environmental conditions

The Great Republican Land Heist

by Christopher Ketcham,

Cliven Bundy and the politicians who are plundering the West

Promises, Promises

by Mark Hertsgaard,

Can Obama redeem his environmental failures?

Northern Exposure

by Masha Gessen,

Protest, petroleum, and Putin’s dream of a Russian Arctic

Razing Arizona

by Christopher Ketcham,

Will drought destroy the Southwest?

Blue Sky Days

by Tomas van Houtryve,

Two years ago, in February 2012, President Barack Obama signed into law the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, which called on the Federal Aviation Administration to “provide for the safe…

No Man Is an Island

From a decision by the Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand in the case of Ioane Teitiota, who because of rising sea levels fled his home country of Kiribati,…

The Old Women and the Sea

by Youngmi Mayer,

From an interview conducted by Youngmi Mayer with Jung Won Oh, Ko Jun Ja, and Mun Yeon Ok, female divers on Korea’s Jeju Island, published in Lucky Peach: The Gender…

Dirty South

by Ken Silverstein, Samuel James,

The foul legacy of Louisiana oil

Emptying the World’s Aquarium

by Erik Vance,

The dismal future of the global fishery

The Homeless Herd

by Rowan Jacobsen,

An Indian village battles an elephant invasion

Promised Land

by Glenn Cheney,

Will Brazil’s rural poor ever inherit the earth?