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The Tragedy of 'The Tragedy of the Commons'

The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe.
by Matto Mildenberger via Scientific American on April 23, 2019
Row of suburban houses.

Welcome to the Radical Suburbs

We all know the stereotypes. But what about the suburbs of utopians and renegades?
by Amanda Kolson Hurley via CityLab on April 9, 2019

How a Movement That Never Killed Anyone Became the FBI’s No. 1 Domestic Terrorism Threat

Behind the scenes, corporate lobbying laid the groundwork for the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of so-called eco-terrorists.
by Alleen Brown via The Intercept on March 23, 2019
Mountains on fire above a town.

Defensible Space

“Megafires” are now a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest, but how we talk about them illustrates the tension at the heart of the western myth itself.
by Jessie Kindig via Boston Review on October 22, 2018
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Climate Crisis

The levels of carbon currently in the Earth's atmosphere are unprecedented in the historical and geological records. Still, the climate crisis does have a history.

America's National Parks Were Never Wild and Untouched

Montana's emblematic Glacier National Park reveals the impact of human history and culture.
by Adam M. Sowards via Zócalo Public Square on June 11, 2018
Demonstrator outside the U.S. Capitol protesting Scott Pruitt's confirmation.
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Would Firing Scott Pruitt Save the EPA?

Not unless the most dangerous assault in the EPA's history also ends.
by Leif Fredrickson, Jennifer Liss Ohayon, Christopher Sellers via Made By History on May 22, 2018

The 1968 Book That Tried to Predict the World of 2018

For every amusingly wrong prediction in “Toward the Year 2018,” there’s one unnervingly close to the mark.
by Paul Collins via The New Yorker on January 1, 2018

Fleas, Fleas, Fleas

A reflection on the role of parasites in early American history.
by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on November 14, 2017
Woodpeckers

Sooty Feathers Tell the History of Pollution in American Cities

Preserved birds and digital photos help pinpoint levels of black carbon in the air and the changes that led to its decline.
by Alex Furuya via Audubon on October 10, 2017
Hurricane Irma in Miami.
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The Cost of Coastal Capitalism: How Greedy Developers Left Miami Ripe for Destruction

Building on vulnerable coastlines isn't about ignorance or hubris — it's about profit.
by Andrew W. Kahrl via Made By History on September 12, 2017

Ancient History of Lyme Disease in North America Revealed with Bacterial Genomes

It turns out that deforestation and suburbanization – not evolution – are to blame for the tick-borne epidemic.
by Elizabeth Ann Reitman via Yale School of Public Health on August 28, 2017
Store associate on the phone next to boxes of air conditioners.

The Moral History of Air-Conditioning

Cooling the air was once seen as sinful. Maybe the idea wasn’t entirely wrong.
by Shane Cashman via The Atlantic on August 9, 2017
Text of Medicine Creek Treaty.

Medicine Creek, the Treaty That Set the Stage for Standing Rock

The Fish Wars of the 1960s led to an affirmation of Native American rights.
by Alicia Ault via Smithsonian on June 9, 2017

Bureaucrats as Activists: A Revisionist Take on Conservation

Career bureaucrats in the Trump administration are proving that bureaucrats can be dedicated to a cause other than themselves.
by Benjamin Heber Johnson via Process: A Blog for American History on May 23, 2017

Organizing for Change: The Genius of the First Earth Day

What we can learn from the successes of local activists in 1970.
by Adam Rome via Process: A Blog for American History on April 21, 2017

The Huge Chill: Why Are American Refrigerators So Big?

From iceboxes to stainless steel behemoths: An Object Lesson.
by Jonathan Rees via The Atlantic on October 4, 2013
Photograph of cars bumper to bumper on a highway, USA (year unknown, likely during 1970s energy crisis)

How Congress Planned To Solve The 1970s Energy Crisis

Representative Mo Udall's ambitious strategy to wean the United States off fossil fuels by the year 2000.
by Morris K. Udall via The New Republic on June 16, 1973

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