This article describes how the United States banned whaling in 1971, but activists want a worldwide ban on the industry because it is both ecologically harmful to the oceans and cruel.
In an Op-Ed, a student urges Middlebury students to take action and do the necessary steps to help conserve and help the planet. (Recycle, turn off the lights, etc.)
Environmental Activists Chuck Cook and Doris Gove are shown here with a "Save the Snail Darter" T-Shirt. This little endangered fish, found at the site of the Tellico dam in the midst of construction on the little Tennessee River, instigated the…
Middlebury Campus article detailing a student debate between The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the Committee for a Realistic Nuclear Policy concerning nuclear disarmament.
A bison crosses a road to escape the smoke and flames of the infamous "Summer of Fire" in Yellowstone National Park, when 51 different fires ravaged the grasslands, understory, and forest canopy. Yet there were wildlife casualties as well: an…
Although the Yellowstone fires devastated the park ecosystem, the drastic disturbance was actually beneficial in other ways. The fire thinned the canopy and thereby allowed light to reach shrubs, saplings, and grasses. Furthermore, ash enriched the…