Christopher Brown / All Photos: Christopher Brown
Jul 9, 20205 min read
FIELD NOTES / Wotan on the Beach
The first time I came to Port Aransas, I found the bayside nature preserve by following the simple rule of walking away from where...
Christopher Brown / All Photos: Christopher Brown
May 17, 202010 min read
The Coyotes of Soylent Green
The coyotes have been getting rowdy this week. Monday night we heard one of those insane banshee chorales—a sudden eruption of alien...
Luke Kemp / BBC Future
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Are We on the Road to Civilization Collapse?
DEEP CIVILIZATION This article is part of a new BBC Future series about the long view of humanity, which aims to stand back from the...
Elliott Negin / Art: Dan Hubig © 2018
Dec 9, 20189 min read
Will Koch Pull the Plug on Electric Cars?
When multibillionaire industrialist Charles Koch perceives a potential threat to his fossil fuel empire, he doesn’t mess around. To...
Elliott Negin
Jun 27, 20185 min read
Judge Should Not Have Deferred to Congress, Executive Branch in Fossil-Fuel Climate Case
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by San Francisco and Oakland against the five biggest privately owned oil companies for...
Michael Castleman
Jan 24, 20183 min read
What Transgender Folks Teach the Rest of Us About Sex and Relationships
Many women complain that men are obsessed with sex, and many men complain that women talk too much. Transgender folks show the rest of us...
Elliott Negin
Jan 19, 20183 min read
From National Parks to the EPA, Trump Administration Stiff-Arms Science Advisers
The Trump administration’s testy relationship with science reminds me of that old saying: Advice is least heeded when most needed....
Elliott Negin
Dec 21, 20175 min read
Trump Vows To Kill 50 Years Of Federal Health And Safety Protections
President Trump wants to set the regulatory clock back to 1960, and last week he acted it out for the cameras. Wielding a pair of golden...
Elliot Negin
Nov 30, 20176 min read
Hyping U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities Could Have Grave Consequences
In response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, which flew higher and farther than any of its previous launches, President...
Elliott Negin
Oct 12, 20175 min read
Coal is Going Down, Even Without The Clean Power Plan
Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will repeal the Obama administration’s regulation to...
Elliott Negin
Sep 16, 20174 min read
Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave The Way For More Climate-Related Lawsuits?
What can you do when the president of the United States says climate change is a hoax and Congress is gridlocked by fossil fuel...
Susan Glickman
Sep 16, 20173 min read
Insensitive to the Facts
As a native Floridian, I chose to ride out Hurricane Irma in my hometown of Tampa — just a few miles north of where the Tampa Bay...
Glen Martin / California Magazine
Aug 18, 20174 min read
Is Tunneling Water Across the State Our Best Option?
Like many before him, California Governor Jerry Brown has vowed to “fix” the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, that vast and beleaguered...