Catherine Schmitt
Primeval Something about the land, usually a forest—giant trees dripping with moss, crusted with lichen, a tangled understory dense with growth—conjures the word primeval. But I have learned this is inaccurate. Continue reading →
MANY MOONS AGO, THE MODERN green activism movement started with a boat. It was an old fishing trawler captained by John Cormack. A group of young Canadian hippies, Quakers, and ecologists Continue reading →
THE TRAIN THAT DERAILED NEAR THE Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February 2023 was hauling mixed frozen vegetables. It was hauling malt liquor and semolina flour as well as chemicals used to make Continue reading →
This story is part three of Deny and Delay: Inside the Climate Disinformation Machine, a series on the effects of climate misinformation on democracy. Read part two here. Co-produced with Columbia Continue reading →
With Valentine’s Day looming, our digital editor Kathleen Yale called up Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, to talk about the ins and outs Continue reading →