Wildfires, large and small, have been an essential part of Western landscapes for millennia. And now a growing body of research is showing how most of the traditional fire-control methods we have been employing for nearly a century — like logging dense forests to thin them and removing dead trees so that the fire can’t … Continued


Last week PG&E announced an agreement with several environmental and labor groups to close down California’s last remaining nuclear power plant in Diablo Canyon by 2025. How did this agreement come about? What does this mean for California’s energy future and for the future of nuclear power in the United States? Show host and Earth … Continued


As the pressure on natural resources grows across the world, land, grassroots environment rights defenders are increasingly under fire — on average two people are killed every week defending their land and environment. Leila Salazar-López of Amazon Watch and Jaron Browne of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, will talk with show host and Earth Island Journal editor, Maureen Nandini … Continued