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We examined who actually supported repealing the roadless rule. The results tell a remarkable story

We dug through hundreds of organizational filings to find out who wanted one of America’s most important forest protections eliminated.


October 21, 2026

The foxes that spawned an urban rewilding movement

Montreal’s Darlington Ecological Corridor began as a tool to help urban foxes survive. Now, it’s become so much more.


October 21, 2026

Crazy Town Episode 135

Crazy Town: Episode 135. Cheerful Pessimist: The Life and Legacy of Richard Heinberg

Jason, Rob, and Asher gather in the studio for the first time since Richard’s passing to commiserate, reflect on his legacy, and talk about how to keep his work and ethos alive.


October 21, 2026

Communities are winning the fight against AI data centers. Disinformation could undermine them

As opposition grows, disinformation campaigns threaten to divide local movements. Here’s how communities can keep their campaigns against AI data centers focused on facts and shared concerns.


October 20, 2026

COP17: Will we see a global reckoning for nature conservation? 

This year’s COP summit focuses on protecting, restoring, and sustainably managing nature as the world falls short of most 2030 targets under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.


October 20, 2026

“Walkability” is a red herring. City life comes from connectedness

In America, almost all of the infrastructure we’ve built since the mid-century is disconnected.


October 20, 2026

The pollinator corridor project that’s transforming Melbourne’s streets

How an Australian grassroots project led by one determined resident is boosting habitat for native plants and wildlife one roadside garden at a time.


October 19, 2026

Ethiopia’s grand tree-planting plan to save its nearly eradicated forests

Efforts to restore lost forests often fail, but Ethiopians are betting big: planting billions of saplings to revive habitat, regenerate soil, and stabilize the land.


October 19, 2026

Darby's farm

Designing land access with deep time in mind: Moving toward a timeless ethic of land stewardship

When we begin to act with deep time in mind, perhaps future generations will remember us not for what we took, but for what we tended, protected, and passed on.


October 19, 2026

The Guilford food hub: Growing community resilience one lemon bar at a time

How a small Vermont town built a thriving local food system that keeps $50,000 annually in the community while creating social connection.


October 16, 2026

Tax the rich and save the world

A movement to reshape the structure of taxation in the U.S. is gaining steam.


October 16, 2026

Trump’s pronatalist policy puts GDP growth before reproductive freedom

Trump clearly represents an unmitigated disaster for the steady state, with consequences that include rolling back decades of progress in gender equality, contraceptive access, and the lower birth rates that result.


October 16, 2026

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