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Category: Environment and Conservation
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Mark Winne calls for the nutmeg state to lead the way in food labeling.
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A lively and lyrical account of one woman's unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready for a new…
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In honor of Earth Day, we asked a handful of our nature writers: “What is one thing that people should do to connect with nature? Why is it important?”
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks gets a rave New York Times review, and author Jeanne Theoharis appears with another civil rights pioneer on Democracy Now.
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A new memoir-meets-exposé examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy.
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Fred Pearce warns that Keystone XL is “no ordinary pipeline,” and that energy derived from tar sands comes with too high a price.
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Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas
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The authors of Gather at the Table embark on their West Coast tour.
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Looking for some ideas for outdoor travel this year? Take a look at Michael Lanza’s 2012 highlights and start planning.
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