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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Charles Wohlforth
Lessons from the Exxon Valdez: Oil Spills Shatter Relationships and Communities
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May 14, 2010: Sociologist J. Steven Picou watched as an Alaskan fishing village tore itself apart after the Exxon spill destroyed the natural resources it relied upon. Now living on the Gulf Coast, he fears the same thing could happen to his neighbors as oil slinks toward their shores.
Fighting for Precious Ground
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October 13, 2009: The waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, run rich with salmon and other wildlife. Could a massive gold mine destroy what makes the region truly valuable?
Charles Wohlforth
Charles Wohlforth is the author of The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change (North Point Press) and other books and articles about Alaska, where he has lived all his life. Find him on the web at www.wohlforth.net.