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Saving the Scarlet Macaw in Narco Country
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1814+ words) In eastern Honduras, Indigenous guardians are risking their lives to protect the famous red parrot. The sides of the Toyota were emblazoned with a luminescent yellow, blue, and red parrot soaring against a blue sky. Above the image were the…...
The Bald Eagle Perfectly Embodies America's Flaws
2+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) Our national bird isn't what we believe it to be'but it is the perfect bird for an imperfect country. Illustration by Sophie Lucido Johnson. Among the eagle's other traits, its scream quickly gained mythic standing. From the Revolutionary War and…...
Mining Federal Lands for Profits
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (7+ words) Trump is welcoming destruction of our heritage....
Natural Man
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) Russ Feingold is on a new mission: preserving nature to save the planet. While many climate activists despair at how Trump and his international allies are stymieing serious responses to the climate crisis, the Campaign for Nature and its allies…...
How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (399+ words) In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation. As a result, Battistoni observes, the true social and ecological costs of carbon emissions, microplastics pollution, or Amazonian deforestation…...
The Wrong Amazon Is Burning
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (35+ words) Anonymous The wrong ice is melting. The post The Wrong Amazon Is Burning appeared first on The Nation. New to The Nation? Subscribe Check out all installments in the Opp Art series. Latest from the nation...
Facing the Sixth Extinction
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (55+ words) Paula Hewitt Amram Species are disappearing before our eyes. The post Facing the Sixth Extinction appeared first on The Nation. Paula Hewitt Amram Paula Hewitt Amram is a painter, cartoonist, and green builder who creates work on civil rights, migrations…...