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  • Jason Mark

    Jason Mark was the editor in chief of Sierra from 2015 to 2024. He is the author of Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man, and he's currently working on a new book about shifting baseline syndrome. Find him on Bluesky.
     

    Why Are Fossil Fuel Ideologues Tilting at Windmills?

    There's a conspiracy to take down wind and solar power hiding in plain sight
    By Jason Mark March 11, 2024
    In this story: clean energy, wind, solar
    illustration shows a wind turbine against a blue background and a man on a horse in silhouette

    3 Must-Read Books to Kick Off the New Year

    These stories deepen our relationship with the wild world around us
    By Jason Mark , Jonathan Hahn , Marlowe Starling December 24, 2023
    In this story: books, saving wild places, indigenous communities, climate change
    Photo by ismail yonca/iStock

    The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2023

    A year-end roundup of the good and the bad—and some glimmers of hope
    By Jason Mark December 22, 2023
    In this story: Roundup, environment, climate change, politics, saving wild places
    Photo by Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP/File

    The Endangered Species Act Is America's Most Radical Environmental Law

    Now we just need federal agencies to effectively enforce it
    By Jason Mark December 11, 2023
    In this story: endangered species
    Close-up of the front half of a black-footed ferret

    It’s Time to Bring Grizzly Bears Back to the North Cascades

    Experience shows that grizzly-human coexistence is possible
    By Jason Mark November 9, 2023
    In this story: bears
    Grizzly bear with cubs in the wild

    California’s Fossil Fuel Lawsuit Could Mark a Turning Point in the Effort for Climate Change Accountability

    The oil companies lied about climate change, and it’s time for them to pay, lawsuit charges
    By Jason Mark October 26, 2023
    In this story: climate change
    Scales

    Native Welder Crafts Artwork to Help Free the Snake River Salmon

    A steel sculpture will be the centerpiece of a Pacific Northwest tour calling on the US government to honor its treaties with Indigenous nations
    By Jason Mark September 24, 2023
    In this story: salmon, indigenous communities, rivers
    Lummi welder Cyaltsa Finkbonner with her work - in - progress. | Photos by Jason Mark

    Follow the Money

    Investors are rushing toward clean energy companies—and leaving the GOP in the dust
    By Jason Mark September 12, 2023
    In this story: clean energy, money in politics, Sustainable Finance
    Illustration shows a red, white, and blue elephant standing on Earth. Its trunk is a gasoline hose dripping black liquid.

    The Usual Suspects

    David Lipsky’s "The Parrot and the Igloo" delivers a noir-ish take on the climate change saga
    By Jason Mark August 8, 2023
    In this story: books, climate change
    image of a gun firing at the earth

    3 Must-Read Books for Your Climate-Heating Summer Reading List

    These stories illuminate the realities and the stakes of life in a warming world
    By Jason Mark , Jonathan Hahn , Osha Gray Davidson August 6, 2023
    In this story: books, climate change, Global Climate Breakdown
    Photo by Eskemar/iStock
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