Ken Burns, America's premiere documentarian, has tackled topics from jazz to the Civil War. His new film chronicles the Dust Bowl, the massive ecological disaster that plagued a large swath of U. S. farmland during the 1930's.

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure The Desert of Maine is one of those roadside attractions you ju...

If the American classic song is right and “this land was made for you and me,” then why are we paying to have it destroyed? This is the question p...

The effects of climate change are all about water. By failing to tie these effects together by this single, cogent thread, delegates to Copenhagen are failing those they represent.