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The Last Orca

Scientist Eva Saulitis has dedicated her life to a vanishing group of whales that survived the Exxon Valdez spill but is now nearly extinct. Read>> Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
May 17, 2013: How an old-fashioned way of determining pregnancy might have given birth to a mass amphibian die-off around the globe.
May 16, 2013: Paris, London, Copenhagen: all over the world, opponents have tried to put the brakes on bike-share programs. Then they fall in love. Is NYC next?
May 15, 2013: They’re all the rage among cities hoping to become the next Portlandia. But do streetcars lead to cool, dense, economically vibrant urban cores—or is it the other way around?
May 14, 2013: Our new climate milestone through the eyes of the scientist whose father first brought the peril of rising carbon dioxide to the world's attention.
May 13, 2013: Why reaching 400 ppm is more than just crossing some arbitrary climate change threshold.
May 8, 2013: After 26 years fighting climate deniers and anti-evolution forces, Eugenie Scott (featured in our Spring 2013 issue) is turning the battle over to others.
May 7, 2013: Don't pucker up with poisons. A recent study has found lead, aluminum, and cadmium in many lipsticks on the market.
May 3, 2013: Facebook users are hopping mad over Mark Zuckerberg's support for Arctic drilling and the tar sands pipeline. And guess where they're going to vent?
The main ingredient in many antibacterial soaps is not only useless, it’s bad for you.
Award-winning photographer Lynn Johnson documents a community where gas drilling has made the simple life very complicated.
The killer whales of Alaska's rapidly dwindling AT1 pod speak a language entirely their own.