Earth Island Journal

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Print and online journal dedicated to thoughtful journalism about environmental and other intersectional issues.

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  1. Mar 25

    There’s a lot from Thoreau that doesn’t translate well to modern times … but "Now Comes Good Sailing" shows that we shouldn’t dismiss the transcendentalist nor the lessons he learned at Walden, writes Journal contributing editor Austin Price

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  2. Mar 25

    Some economists warn Canada's economy is ballooning into a climate bubble that may burst and provoke severe disruptions, but dozens of Canadian companies are pushing regulators of capital markets to delay new climate transparency rules. via

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  3. Mar 25

    Jo the deer offered researchers a look into migrations and how long it takes deer to visit a forest after a fire, and won many hearts along the way. via

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  4. Mar 25

    The youth is back! After a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, youth around the world are once again marching in the streets, demanding that their leaders do far more to address the rapidly worsening climate crisis.

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  5. Mar 25

    North Carolina has a major hog waste problem. But instead of cleaning up their waste management system, the hog industry is investing big in a different system, biogas, which residents and researchers say doesn’t actually address problem.

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  6. Mar 25

    "Passionaries ... want everything, right now, and at any cost ... [But] any passionary who fails to consider the consequences of their actions for other humans or for Mother Earth will be left in the past, the subject of damnation."

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  7. Mar 24

    Unlike its more iconic cousin, the diminutive northern pygmy owl thrives in urban forests — some just a stone’s throw from the local café. via

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  8. Mar 24

    Interesting! Biden is drafting an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to alleviate shortages of key minerals needed for the technology to store clean energy. via Does this mean more dirty mining then?

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  9. Mar 24

    The pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the past two years. But the threat to supply chains from climate change poses a far more serious threat and is already being felt, experts say.

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  10. Mar 24

    Medical schools across the country are increasingly reckoning with the need to teach the intersection of climate change and health.

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  11. Mar 24

    It's good there is growing recognition that fire is a natural part of many ecosystems, but current advocacy for large-scale prescribed burns is often built on outdated assumptions & overstated claims, while downplaying problems stemming from the practice.

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  12. Mar 23

    If you haven't already, be sure to check out our latest feature story about a mysterious disease decimating Puerto Rico's coral reefs, and what scientists are doing to combat it.

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  13. Mar 23

    The Stiegler’s Gorge in Tanzania dam may become one of the most environmentally damaging hydroelectric projects ever constructed in Africa. But fear of the country’s authoritarian government has silenced critics.

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  14. Mar 23

    Yikes. Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization's air quality standards last year.

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  15. Mar 23

    Dumping oily wastewater into the ocean has been outlawed globally for decades, but a new investigation has found that the practice is still common today, with potentially devastating effects for the environment.

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  16. Mar 23

    At Alemany Farm, community agriculture is truly communal. The San Francisco urban farm provides a shared space where neighbors work together with volunteers from across the city to cultivate — and be cultivated by — the land.

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  17. Mar 22

    The EPA has green-lighted an extension of field trials of GE mosquitoes, not just in Florida, but also in four Central and Southern California counties too, without enough data on impacts in hand, say environmental groups and concerned scientists.

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    Mar 21

    National Geographic Picture of The Year. Black images are shadows of zebras. Zoom in and you will see zebras.

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  19. Mar 22

    California yesterday proposed a long-awaited standard for a cancer-causing contaminant, hexavalent chromium, in drinking water made infamous by the movie Erin Brockovich, based on residents of rural Hinkley, CA. via

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  20. Mar 22

    Using a furnace is so 1922. In 2022, humanity has to massively ramp up adoption of clean ways to heat buildings. Heat pumps might just be the best answer to this problem at the moment. via

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