Richard Conniff, Mother Jones

Richard Conniff

Mother Jones

Montville, CT, United States

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  • GreenBiz
  • The New York Times
  • WIRED
  • TakePart

Past articles by Richard:

Every City Should Encourage This Kind of Solar Development

It uses pre-cleared land, makes electricity where needed, and keeps parking lots cool. → Read More

Could abandoned agricultural lands help save the planet?

Some researchers contend there is an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity. → Read More

Steal This Book? There’s a Price

I have about 400 offers to buy illegal copies of my own work. Something is very wrong. → Read More

A Chain of Species Destruction at Yellowstone

The havoc caused by stocking the park’s lake for sport fishing ravaged ospreys, pelicans, bald eagles, grizzly bears and the lake’s own native cutthroat trout. → Read More

Why Are We Still Slaughtering the American Bison?

Restoring herds to Native American land after 150 years would be a simple reparation for the country to make. But the cattle industry won’t allow it. → Read More

The U.S. Should Get Tough on Timber With Peru

A poorly enforced trade agreement continues to damage the environment and the economy. → Read More

The Pedestrian Strikes Back

Officials in several countries are getting the message: Cities are about people, not cars. → Read More

Selling the Protected Area Myth

Designating protected areas is relatively easy, but hardly anyone seems to be bothering with the hard work of actually protecting them. → Read More

The New York Times Company

Over time, mass migration to cities could be a driver of environmental progress. → Read More

The Case for a Carbon Tax on Beef

It would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, deforestation, species loss and human mortality. So what’s the holdup? → Read More

Amid the Plunder of Forests, a Ray of Hope

New technologies and tougher enforcement have put some of the worst offenders on notice. → Read More

Chasing the Illegal Loggers Looting the Amazon Forest

The urgent question: Can government agents finally prove that enough trees come from illegal logging sites in Peru to stop shipments into the US? → Read More

Why We Don’t Vote With Our Wallets

Company boycotts are one of the few concrete ways we have to protest unethical corporate behavior. → Read More

How satellite imagery is transforming conservation science

High-resolution earth imagery is enabling ecologists to more accurately account for wildlife populations, deforestation, illegal mining and other changes in the landscape. → Read More

Creating a truly green building may be harder than rocket science

Promised energy savings in buildings don't deliver. The problem is inept modeling systems that fail to capture how buildings really work. → Read More

This Is How I Want to Be Dead

In the woods, decomposing with wild things, and my burial money being used to preserve the land. → Read More

Chickens Can Help Save Wildlife

In some countries, endangered species are what’s for dinner. Here’s an alternative. → Read More

In Beijing, and Washington, a Breath of Foul Air

The Republican crusade against 50 years of environmental regulation is an attack on public health and prosperity. → Read More

Japan Reconsiders Its Role in Driving the Slaughter of Elephants

After decades of flouting an international ban on trading poached ivory, the country is taking small steps to comply with the law. → Read More

Hundreds of Millions of Songbirds Are Disappearing

A new study finds that habitat loss is a bigger problem than hunting for globe-trotting birds. → Read More