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In the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, ship captain Joseph J. Hazelwood quickly became the subject of controversy when it was reported that he had not been at the wheel when the ship breached Bligh Reef. Then Hazelwood 's failure to pass a…

Images of oil-slicked wildlife elicited strong emotions during the Exxon Valdez disaster. In comparison, the people who bore the catastrophe's widespread economic costs received sparse coverage. Here, a man protests the lack of work brought about by…

Photos of Hillcrest being demolished and after its reconstruction

A crown fire consumes the Yellowstone canopy in September 1988. Within the park, fires damaged around 739,880 acres - that is, 36% of the park's total land.

At a faculty meeting on May 3rd, 1965 Middlebury College faculty approved the establishment of the Environmental Studies major. The major program was developed by Professor Andrews and the Educational Policy Committee, and first proposed at a faculty…

Spearheaded by Howard Woodin, the Environmental Studies Major first becomes available in the 1965-1966 course catalog. Choosing an focus in human ecology, ecology, or biology, students could now receive one of the first Environmental Studies major…

By the mid 1960s, the United States had demonstrated its capacity to transform environments on a large scale, anywhere it the world. Above ground nuclear weapons testing irradiated parts of the American West and the Pacific, sickening many over the…

Prompted by a greater public concern for the environment, in addition to influential novels such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Stewart Udall's Quiet Crisis, the federal government signs several significant acts towards the conservation of…