We Either Lie About Them or Omit Them
And, according to Indian friends, there are strong tribal memories of the devastating 1918 flu
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As I look out my window, the smoke from the Bush fire is belching upward behind the fabled profile of…
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How do you explain racism when it is so subtle and ingrained that it became invisible to white people generations ago?
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He would constantly remind us that ‘no matter the threat, always look them in the eye so they have to acknowledge you’re human.
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When all hell breaks loose and disorder rules, rodeo clowns stay self-possessed and focused.
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MoreTHE WORLD IS ALIVE
Climate change and the conversion of wild ecosystems, if unchecked, threaten to collapse the global bounty of “nature’s services.”
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MoreALMOST 70 WHEN THE VIRUS ENDED HIS JOB
Brezonick knows that the huge furnaces that burn coal are closing fast. “I don’t think coal will recover and society has turned against it,”
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MoreSECRETARY BABBITT’S PROPOSAL MAKES SENSE – WITH A FEW CAVEATS
The real obstacle to Babbitt’s proposal springs from our romanticized vision of what agriculture looks like in the West.
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With this precedent, it’s time to create an Irrigation Reserve Program. To work, it must be voluntary, and farmers who participate must be adequately paid for the use of their irrigation rights.
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No one denies it: Over-consumption of water and extreme drought caused by climate change are realities driving the Colorado River…
MoreHere’s how to save the Colorado River
“By retiring less than 10 per cent of this irrigated acreage from production, we could eliminate the existing million acre-foot overdraft on the Colorado River..”
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