Nothing Like This Has Ever Been Attempted Anywhere

In its haste to indulge energy companies, the White House is sacrificing fish, wildlife, and the ranchers of the Rocky Mountain West.

Looking back at how much we've achieved over the past few decades, one of the nation's most seasoned and respected environmental writers explains why he's optimistic about our future—and the earth's.

Suddenly the feds can't tell wild salmonids from obese, stump-finned hatchery clones

Why we should be upset over the Bush Administration's gutting of the Clean Air Act

Knee-jerk environmentalism is endangering many of our vanishing species

No matter how hard it tries, the Bush administration cannot silence one of the nation's leading experts on coal mining's poisonous legacy.

. . . Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the lamprey

Our addiction to corn-derived alcohol is not only costing us a lot of money, it's also wiping out fish and wildlife habitat, and polluting our air, soil, and water.

Fish don't have to be just another coal-industry waste product

The Bush energy plan has opened some of the West's last best places to oil and gas drilling. The wildlife of Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley will never be the same.

Emblazoned on everything from license plates to a pro hockey team logo, the Florida panther is a popular symbol of the state's wild beauty. But when it comes to actually heeding sound science to save the endangered species' habitat, the public lacks the will to stop developers.