Movements
Environmental and social movements and organizations for cultural preservationTo the Rescue
Las Vegas showman Jonathan Kraft went from riches to rags to turn a patch of Arizona desert into a refuge for abused and abandoned exotic animals
March 2003 |
By Paul Trachtman
California Scheming
Los Angeles' insatiable thirst for water, which drained the Owens Valley, has ruined lives, shaped the city's politics and provoked ongoing controversy
October 2002 |
By Mark Wheeler
Iceland Be Dammed
In the island nation, a dispute over harnessing rivers for hydroelectric power is generating floods of controversy
June 2002 |
By Jon Swan
The End of the Road
In Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, old logging roads that ruin streams are getting the axe
February 2000 |
By T. H. Watkins
A Darkness in Donora
When smog killed 20 people in a Pennsylvania mill town in 1948, the clean air movement got its start
November 1999 |
By Edwin Kiester, Jr.
Coming to Terms
Our names for people who respect the environment should be as varied as the ways we see it
December 1998 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
Saving the Nation's Flag
After nearly two centuries of exposure, the Star-Spangled Banner gets a much needed overhaul
October 1998 |
By Michael Kernan
Wastewater Problem? Just Plant a Marsh
For some of the toughest environmental cleanups, plants can do it better and cheaper than we can
July 1997 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
Around the Mall & Beyond
Protecting museum treasures - paintings by the masters, antique furniture, the delicate wings of a tropical beetle - requires the strictest climate control, right? Maybe not, say these scientists
March 1996 |
By Michael Kernan
