Help keep Salon independent

Maureen Nandini Mitra

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It’s far worse than it sounds: Climate change is making our winters shorter

Maureen Nandini Mitra

Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities

Maureen Nandini Mitra
(Lia Barrett)

Trouble in paradise: Hawaiians vs. Big Agriculture

Maureen Nandini Mitra
(Lia Barrett)

Hawaii: The new battleground for GMO regulation

Maureen Nandini Mitra
photo illustration Lilli Keinaenen

Can GMO trees save our forests?

Maureen Nandini Mitra
For environmentalists like John Buckley, who finds clear signals of climate change in the Sierra Nevada's rapidly receding snow line, the idea of timber companies that clear cut forests being allowed to sell offsets is worrisome. (Ian Umeda // Public Press)

Carbon market could enable California polluters

Maureen Nandini Mitra, MICHAEL STOLL
Oil in the marshes of Bay Jimmy, Louisiana. The area was particularly affected by the BP spill. (Julie Dermansky)

The Gulf Coast may never recover

Maureen Nandini Mitra
(Photo by Tom Vezo/Save the Scenic Santa Ritas via Earth Island Journal)

Are Arizona’s national forests worth destroying?

Maureen Nandini Mitra

Noise isn’t just annoying, it’s bad for your health

Maureen Nandini Mitra