special section: the knight center's 10th anniversary

Spoil Damage
The decade's 10 costliest environmental settlements.

Boatloads of Trouble
Author and Knight Center alumnus Jeff Alexander reveals how federal regulators turned an engineering marvel into an ecological disaster.

Guiding Grads
Knight Center alumni offer a new generation of environmental journalists advice and warnings on navigating the field

Poverty Pollutes
Knight Center grad finds environmental themes in humanitarian work.

Environmental timeline
Tracing the center's history along with significant environmental events.

cover | corking science

George W. Bush is just the most recent president to let politics guide science decisions —
the history of White House interference
The scope of the last Bush administration’s disregard of the science of climate change, public health and other issues is unprecedented, says science writer Seth Shulman.

Water Fight
Author Dave Dempsey: despite agreement, Great Lakes remain threatened, by Zachariah Buck

Painting Revolution Green
2009 MSSC Summit by Andy Balaskovitz

Of Muscles and Memories
An outdoor essay by Eric Freedman

Mercury Falling
After decades of inaction, the EPA limits some of the country's worst mercury emitters.

Broad Vision
Q&A with outgoing campus sustainability leader Terry Link on the poverty of opportunity.

Army Green
Study ties environment to military success.

Rich Preserve
Environmentalists fight to spare pristine sand dunes.

Greener Pastures
Grain, grass and the environemntal costs of feeding cattle.

Worm Warriors
How vermiculture can help the environment.

Hot Rocks
Can Michigan follow Iceland's model to power itself with geothermal energy?

Green from Brown
Study says redeveloping contaminated land could help regenerate Michigan's economy.

Garbage Math
Officials say there's no way to know if an agreement to phase out Canadian trash in Michigan is working.

Chewing on Shark Tourism
Is tourism teaching sharks to associate people with food or ensuring their survival?

Good Preachers
Student eco-tourism firm to fund guilt-free travel.

From the editor: snakebite medicine
Journalism, like life, is transitory

From the director: planting seeds
Spreading environmental journalism to seven continents

EJ News
Latest updates from the Knight Center and its alumni