News in Brief Why Is Introducing New Predators So Bad for Native Prey? Red foxes sure like the smell of a bandicoot. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Introducing a new… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Hydroelectric Power Kills Insects, and Why That Matters A common practice called hydropeaking undermines river ecosystems, a new study argues. By Nathan Collins Glen Canyon Dam… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Conservatives Are More Likely to Make Green Purchases If They’re Also Religious Non-religious right-wingers are the most resistant to the notion of eco-friendly consumption. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: David McNew/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief At Stonewall, Public Land Conservation Meets LGBT Liberation The newest unit of the National Park Service celebrates a gay bar and the rebellion it inspired. It… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Was Climate Change Partly to Blame for Europe’s Deadly Heat Wave? In 2003, climate change increased the risk of heat-related deaths by 70 percent in Paris and by 20… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Future of Biofuel Isn’t Corn—It’s Algae Why water is the future of biofuel. By Ian Graber-Stiehl Micro seaweeds being turned into fuel at the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Radical Politics of Keeping Your Head in the Clouds How Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s Cloud Appreciation Society furthers a proud political tradition of doing nothing. By Colette Shade Stare… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Mother Earth’s Secret Weapon: Girl Scouts Teach them how to save energy, and their parents will follow. By Tom Jacobs A Girl Scouts sells… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Re-Coding for Conservation We can now alter the genomes of invasive species to slow their advance. Should we? By Alison Hawkes… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Deadliest Year Yet More environmental activists were murdered in 2015 than any other year on record. With the high-profile assassination of… Pacific Standard Staff