Environment
Lost Frontier: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
By Sierra Crane-Murdoch, from High Country News
As the North Dakota oil rush closes in on Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Badlands’ most ardent defender wonders if it’s time to leave.
Home Sick from Toxic Emissions
By Jessica Cohen, special to Utne Reader
How emissions from a toxic gas compressor led one family to abandon their house amid health concerns.
Bakken Oil Boom: The Making of a Rich Man
By Melanie Hoffert, from Orion
How to cash in on a boomtown before it busts.
Climate Justice: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline
By Wen Stephenson
Fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline one protest at a time.
Using Our Heads: Solving Human Overpopulation
By Ronald Bailey
The solution to human overpopulation and increased strain on nonrenewable resources may lie in human ingenuity, as it has in the past.
Discovering Denali: A Voyage into Alaska and Self
By Kim Heacox
Any serious student of spirituality and the American landscape must one day address his/her relationship with Alaska, and once in Alaska, he/she must confront Denali, the heart of the state, the state of the heart.
Gas Compressors and Nose Bleeds
By Jessica Cohen, special to Utne Reader
A new study connects health issues with rural gas compressor pollution.
Clearing Skies of China’s Air Pollution Crisis
By Adam Minter, from Sierra
A journalist who fled China’s air pollution looks back and sees rays of hope.
