July/August 2010

2010 July/August

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The Hobet 21 mine outside Mud, West Virginia.
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Close to Home

Even the coal industry's best friends are giving it the bad news: Demand is declining, reserves are vanishing, mountaintop removal is unacceptable, and emissions must be reduced. Slowly, surely, the United States is moving past coal.

July 1, 2010

With a light pack and nimble feet, Janine Patitucci goes rock hopping in Evolution Basin on the John Muir Trail.
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Lighten Up

Jettison the tent, the candle lantern, and that copy of Moby-Dick. Ultralight through-hiking takes you farther, faster.

By Daniel Duane

July 28, 2010

trout cooking over a fire
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Backcountry Locavore

When catch and release becomes catch and eat

July 1, 2010

Clockwise, from top left: Derek Joseph (left), Jaimz Edwards (in brown hat), and Adham Stewart hoist a fallen pine; Burgess; Burgess's son Naim; and college student RaShawn Hoke.
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Xbox Detox

Brother Yusuf has a message for urban teens: Log off, hang up, get out

July 10, 2010

When you're poor, the environmental movement doesn't stop at simple things like pollution
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Homeland Security

When you're poor, the environmental movement doesn't stop at simple things like pollution

By Javier Sierra

July 7, 2010