Don’t blame the recent flooding along the Mississippi River on the rain. We created this mess. Originally published in onEarth. TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, Jamie Nash-Mayberry received a text message from one of her students during a rare out-of-town vacation. “When u get time,” it said, “check out the river stages.” After heavy rainfall, the […]
The Inside Story of Shell’s Arctic Assault
A months-long investigation shows how the energy giant pressured the Interior Department during the company’s gung-ho Arctic push—and got most of what it wanted (except oil). Originally published in Audubon Magazine. LAST MAY, FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE OIL GIANT Royal Dutch Shell suspended exploration in offshore Alaska, Christopher Putnam needed to get something off his […]
Earthquake Nation
There’s a whole lot more shaking going on in the Midwest lately—and humans are causing it. Originally published in Popular Science. MARK CRISMON AND I WERE SITTING OUTSIDE his Oklahoma house, looking at the day lilies that lined his pond, when our conversation was interrupted by a distant boom. “Did you feel that?” Crismon asked. […]
A Watertight Argument
J Nichols believes we’ll better understand the value of ocean conservation if we think about our emotional connection to the sea. Originally published in Duke Magazine. ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON THIS PAST MARCH, Wallace J. Nichols took out a cloth drawstring bag and distributed its contents: oversized glass marbles the color of a tropical sea. […]
The Algae that (Almost) Ate Toledo
A year ago, a massive algal bloom shut down drinking water for 500,000 Midwesterners. It will happen again if we don’t take action. Originally published in onEarth. BRENDA SNYDER WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE to be at work on August 1, 2014. The chief chemist at the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant in Toledo, Ohio, was taking […]
Keeping the Lights On
Susan Kennedy stops blackouts by storing energy. Originally published in Popular Science as part of its New Faces Of Energy feature. SUSAN KENNEDY PULLS HER BLACK BMW into a winery in California’s Sonoma County. She steps out, strides past the stainless-steel fermenting vats, and stops at a concrete pad. There, contractors are installing what appears to […]
The Uncounted
On India’s coast, a power plant backed by the World Bank Group threatens a way of life. This was originally published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and HuffPost. It was part of a larger series called “Evicted & Abandoned,” about how the World Bank broke its promise to protect the poor. Photos by […]
Coverage of the World Bank Group in Gujarat, India
Click here for “The Uncounted,” part of the Evicted & Abanadoned series, HuffPost and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, May 2015. Click here for a follow-up (with a shared byline), “World Bank Fails To Stop Attacks, Arrests Of Villagers Protesting Big Projects,”HuffPost and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, September 2015. Click here for another follow-up, “Is the World […]
Beach Wars
Who owns America’s coastlines? How much access does the public deserve? Communities from California to Maine are struggling with these issues, which are rooted in almost 1,500 years of legal history. Originally published in Saturday Evening Post. BEN ADAIR PARKS ON THE NARROW shoulder of a residential street in Malibu, California. We get out of […]
Life on the Mississippi, Now
We’ve spent billions of dollars on dikes, locks, and levees in a vain attempt to subdue what Mark Twain called “that lawless stream.” Is it time to let the river have its way? Originally published in onEarth. A BRACING WIND BLEW ONE FINAL SNOWY vestige of winter into Hannibal, Missouri, last March, emptying the downtown […]
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