Articles by Maddie Oatman
Maddie Oatman is the research editor at Mother Jones. She's also written for Outside, the Bay Citizen, and the Rumpus, and is a 2013 Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism.
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Bark beetles are killing forests — but they might be saving them, too
They gobble up trees and send politicians into a frenzy. But do the bugs know more about climate change than we do?
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Will the USDA weaken dietary guidelines to please the meat industry?
The Obama administration might recommend eating fewer animal-based foods to help the environment -- and Big Meat is flipping out.
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When spruce beetles attack!
Drought is making it much harder for trees to defend themselves against invading insects, says a new study.
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Micronesia challenges Europe’s dirty energy
The Czech Republic’s biggest polluter, the Prunéřov power station.Photo: Felix OThe Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), an island nation scattered across the Pacific north of New Guinea, has already had to confront the tides of climate change, which have eaten away at its coasts and left its food and water security in shambles. When leaders […]
