GREEN PLANS FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA Last week representatives from 29 different environmental, science and conservation groups presented their top policy recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team.
By Roddy Scheer
COMMENTARY: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE As a child, I had a creek in my backyard. My younger brother and I lived at the creek. The minute perfection of a baby crawdad held in my palm elicited one of my earliest moments of wonder.
By Christina Sanantonio
HOW NOT TO SAVE A BEACH It may be called “beach nourishment” but dredge-and-fill sand operations used to create more beachfront for condos is anything but nourishing.
By Captain Brandon D. Shuler
TAKING OUR OWN INVENTORY The Dean of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and cofounder of the National Resources Defense Council, discusses capitalism’s environmental side effects.
By Melinda Tuhus
