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Citizens’ Summit to Address Sustainability

A major summit to transform the prospects for sustainability in the United States and Canada will take place on March 24 and 25 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The US/Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development will host 180 diverse experts, leaders, advocates, entrepreneurs and decision-makers from the United States and Canada for two days of discussions […]

Ecosystems, Oceans

Sage Briefs: Wrong Place, Wrong Clime–Will Marine Sanctuaries Falter as Temperatures Rise?

he golden promise of marine protected areas – ocean swaths set aside for the management of natural and cultural marine resources – may prove empty by mid-century. As global climate warms, so does ocean temperature, forcing species habitats pole-ward. Marine protected areas (MPAs) don’t tail along. Though the United States manages a network of more than 1,600 MPAs, climate change, […]

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Op-ed: Local Climate Solutions as Christian Calling

think you have to love something before you’ll fight for it. At least that’s been my experience growing up in Minnesota. My friends and I built snow castles in the winter, chased rabbits in the spring and marveled at the sun-kissed summer leaves, years before we learned the biochemistry of photosynthesis. I yearned for the lakes, woods and prairies before […]

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Keystone XL: Deciding the National Interest

President Obama has twice rejected construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, declaring it not in the national interest. If you’re wondering from where he derives this authority, here’s a hint: that’s a trick question.

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Lessons from Air Pollution Past

Worried about climate change? Fret not, we have already successfully solved some pretty incredible air pollution problems. Atmospheric chemist Gabriel Isaacman takes a look backward at where we’ve come from and suggests that, yes, we may still have a bright future ahead.

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We want your photos of the WEST!

The West: land of frontier aspirations, gold-pan booms and dot-com busts. Things are bigger out West, we’re told, and maybe they’re better too.

We’re creating a new series of photo essays about issues affecting the North American West. If you’ve got a photo to share or a tale to tell – we want to see it and we’d love to hear it.

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