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The Sealaska operation in Sitkoh Bay (Chichagof Island) loading their barge with large-diameter logs for transport to Huna, and then most likely to Asia.

Jewel in Jeopardy: Will Alaska’s Rainforests Be Spared The Axe?

The Tongass is the final remnant of a once-vast West Coast rainforest. Now timber companies are gunning to harvest even this enclave of old-growth wilderness.
by × February 12, 2013 × 3 comments

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Oyster farming is just the latest unlikely plot twist in Brendan Smith's life.

The Cleanest Catch

Connecticut oyster farmer Brendan Smith might just redefine what it means to fish sustainably. That is, if the hurricanes don't get him first.
by × February 4, 2013 × 0 comments

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Rowing For Revolution: Can Roz Savage Change the World?

Rowing For Revolution: Can Roz Savage Change the World?

Roz Savage was a management consultant in London when she was struck by a crazy idea: she would row around the world to spark environmental awareness. Now that she's back, has Savage's "movement moment" arrived?
by × January 15, 2013 × 3 comments

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Chiba-san’s chief engineer, who saved his captain’s boat – and life – by preparing the ship for departure immediately after the earthquake. (photo by Daniel Hoshizaki)

Where the Land Meets the Waves: Japanese Fishers a Year After the Tsunami

The tsunami of 2011 devastated the northern Japanese fishing fleet. Daniel Hoshizaki traveled there to talk to local fishers about the process of recovering from a disaster that came from the sea.
by × November 28, 2012 × 3 comments

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Fracking Goes to Court: Will State or Local Government Determine America’s Energy Future?

Fracking Goes to Court: Will State or Local Government Determine America’s Energy Future?

Do state governments have the right to decide where fracking wells go, or do the towns themselves get to call the shots?
by × November 26, 2012 × 2 comments

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Left to the Whim of Nature: The Strange Saga of Pleasure Beach

Left to the Whim of Nature: The Strange Saga of Pleasure Beach

The decline and renewal of Connecticut’s most famous seaside resort may hold a few lessons for America’s blighted cities.
by × October 16, 2012 × 1 comment