The Meaning of Green

Eula and the snakes, edges in eastern Oregon, a secessionist movement, and ecotones

Trash as pollution and commerce, the US's mega-landfills, the EU vs. the US in trash management, local stories, and Fresh Kills

Trash management, a meatball predicament, learning from the Danes, and a Labrador mix named Harry Potter

John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy

Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law

A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator 

The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress 

Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett 

Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil

Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers

Japan's 2024 elections, sea turtles, rice prices, recycling rules, Japan's energy insecurity, and the proximity principle

Trump voters on climate change, red state renewables, Republican tariffs that could lower our carbon footprints, and the March Hare's generous offer 

The potential impacts on swing state elections of climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act's largesse, extreme weather, state demographics, and surges in voter registration 

Why swing states rule in the US's presidential elections, legal experts' fears about election stealing in 2024, and how direct popular election failed in the US Congress

Yachts, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies

Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality

A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule

Panama's unprecedented elections, massive demonstrations over the environment and foreign influence, toucans, and a tragedy with echoes of the US's colonial presence in Panama

Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"

Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes

2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)