Book ReviewsMay 14, 2024
Imagining a Radical New Relationship with the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River has been manipulated for decades. A new book considers alternative forms of control
Stories by Meera Subramanian
Meera Subramanian is an award-winning journalist and author of A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka (PublicAffairs, 2015). Subramanian is a contributing editor at Orion and co-director of the Religion & Environment Story Project at Boston University.
PolicyMay 22, 2019
Anthropocene Now: Influential Panel Votes to Recognize Earth’s New Epoch
The atomic age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval
EnvironmentJune 8, 2016
Can Delhi Save Itself from Its Toxic Air?
India’s capital city scrambles to tackle its epic pollution problems
June 26, 2012
California Condors Face Menace of Carcasses Laden with Bullet Lead
The signature species may require perpetual conservation, despite a 2008 state ban on the use of lead shot in key regions