Abolish the National Park Service
Revising how America's most beautiful public lands are protected would create more ways for Americans to interact with some of the best parts of the country.
Nature
To Get Through This Election, Get Some Fresh Air
Even light-intensity exercise has noticeable health benefits, and going for a walk is better than hoping the government will fix the healthcare system.
Tennessee Will Not Appeal Ruling Over Wildlife Agents Planting Cameras
While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.
When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires
Housing bats, buying an E.V., and planting trees sometimes end up being counterproductive.
The Best of Reason: Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters
Eradication of the apex predator is "likely impossible."
Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters
Eradication of the apex predator is “likely impossible.”
The Best of Reason: The Endangered Species Act at 50
Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?
The Endangered Species Act at 50
Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?
New Study: Nuclear Power Is Humanity's Greenest Energy Option
Land-hungry biomass, wind, and solar power are set to occupy an area equivalent of the size of the European Union by 2050.
No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'
Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.
The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise
A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit
Camping Liberates Kids and Parents
Something about camping seems to turn 21st century worriers into parents with positively Spielbergian nonchalance.
Humanity and Wild Nature Will Likely Both Be Flourishing in 2100
Human ingenuity is enabling us to get ever more goods and services from fewer and fewer resources.
It's Possible To Cut Cropland Use in Half and Produce the Same Amount of Food, Says New Study
Restoring up to 2.2 million square miles to nature
Federal Court Invalidates "Lake Erie Bill of Rights"
Toledo's ballot initiative is "unconstitutionally vague and exceeds the power of municipal government in Ohio."
Widely Reported Alarming Ocean Warming Study Is Wrong
Skeptic of catastrophic climate change projections is right about significant errors in alarming new study.
High Yield Modern Farming Better for the Environment, Says Nature Study
Low yield organic farming uses up lots more land and harms biodiversity
Global Tree Cover Has Expanded More Than 7 Percent Since 1982
Satellite data finds that gains temperate and boreal forests offset reductions in tropical forests.
Humanity Isn't Destroying the Natural World. We're Changing It.
Welcome to Anthropocene Park.
Is Degrowth the Only Way to Save the World?
Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!
Need a Breather Before May Sweeps? Here, Have a Baby Elephant
Nature documentary highlights the rough childhoods of pachyderms.
Saving Earth's Biodiversity Through Markets and Technological Progress
A review of Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson
Global Warming Hiatus Is Real
The rate of temperature increase has been dramatically slower than predicted, says Nature Climate Change.
Creating a Private Yellowstone: Environmental Entrepreneurship in Action
A model for how to voluntarily rewild North America.
Maryland Man Fined $50 for Picking Berries in Park
A Maryland man received a $50 ticket for picking raspberries. The ticket charged him with "destroying/interfering with plants to wit: berries."
How Human Are Monkeys?
Sunday night's National Geographic documentary shows warfare, lying.
Sea Level Is Not Rising Faster Than Researchers Previously Thought
Despite alarming headlines to the contrary
Forest Workers in India Claim They Have Killed the Tiger Responsible For Recent Deaths
Three women were killed in the last two weeks
Denali National Park Gets Google Street View Treatment
Only one road in the park, mostly unpaved
Postenvironmentalism and Technological Abundance
A review of Love Your Monsters, a collection of essays on a new kind of environmentalism.
