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Tag: Environment

All longform pieces tagged with #environment on The Slow Scroll

How a US Agency Got Tangled Up With Controversial De-extinction Groups
Atmos28 Jan 2025 • ~2500 words

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biobank could shape how biotechnology will fit into mainstream conservation for centuries to come.

The Languages Lost to Climate Change
NOEMA28 Jan 2025 • ~4350 words

Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.

Big Battle on the Little Wichita
Texas Monthly28 Jan 2025 • ~2550 words

A North Texas city wants to build a new reservoir to blunt the effect of future droughts. But many local ranchers say it would destroy their way of life.

The rise of plant poaching: how a craze for succulents is driving a new illegal trade
Financial Times25 Jan 2025 • ~5100 words

Plant poaching for rare succulents, especially conos, has become a booming illegal trade in South Africa, driven by high demand from collectors. Monica Mark’s narrative unfolds through a local shopkeeper, highlighting the human stories intertwined with environmental destruction a...

An L.L. Bean Heiress Suspected Neighbors of Poisoning Her Trees. What Happened Next Roiled Camden, Maine
Vanity Fair27 Jan 2025 • ~6000 words

When Lisa Gorman noticed that a grove of her majestic oaks had died, she cast her suspicions on seasonal neighbors who wanted a better view of the harbor. The fight that ensued became a town drama that rages on to this day.

The Lost City
Intelligencer27 Jan 2025 • ~6450 words

City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll rebuild.

They Saved 54 Horses From the L.A. Fires — But Lost Their Farm
Rolling Stone27 Jan 2025 • ~2173 words

Cha Cha Jago Levinson’s life’s work, Jigsaw Farms, was consumed in the blaze that ravaged the Pacific Palisades.

Inside the Fight Against a Los Angeles Inferno
The New Yorker26 Jan 2025 • ~4400 words

A reporter embeds with wildland firefighters during one of the deadliest blazes in California history.

Nevada’s Lithium Could Help Save the Earth. But What Happens to Nevada?
New York Times24 Jan 2025 • ~4250 words

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too great.