Environment
The Biggest Dead Zones in America's Waterways
We often bemoan the ecological tragedies plaguing the Gulf Coast—oil spills, industrial waste, overfishing—but many of the United States' coastal waterways experience eutrophic (high nutrient) and hypoxic conditions. Here are four of the worst.
Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs
I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2,000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians, and reason in its path. It's called the XL Keystone Pipeline.
Coal Spills Can Ruin Everything, Too
Oil spills and nuclear meltdowns hog the spotlight when we're talking energy disasters, but let's not forget about black-old coal here.
The Death Aquatic
Louie Psihoyos’ ambitions have escalated, his subject has opened up, and he’s taking consultation left and right from greeny showbiz vets. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked to get on the line with the creator of 'The Cove' and chat about his...
I Tried to Get the Guys Behind the Plus Pool Arrested
Here is a little behind the scenes anecdote from the filming of Motherboard's "Plus Pool" documentary.
Cat Fighters
Now, that the last 20 (or less) Caucasian leopards living in the area are facing extinction, the war torn Nagorno-Karabakh enclave has finally become a matter of international concern, and the old war veterans have received all the supplies they need...
Ode on a Grecian Pile of Crap
A brisk walk along Dionysiou Areopagitou and Panathinea streets, just ten minutes from the Acropolis, brings you to probably the crummiest neighborhood in all of Athens, Greece.
The Battle Of Lazy Dog Hill
In the air was a sound Ken Ely had become all too familiar with over the past year: the dull rumble of truck tires on the old two-lane that ran past the bottom of his 183 acres of bluestone and timber in this remote corner of northern Pennsylvania.
VICE Mail
Well, it finally happened! A Vice writer got his head out of his introspective ass and did an article on an environmental issue!