environmental context
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Please, scientists: Tell us how you really feel about climate change
Scientists need clearer language to express the urgency of climate change. Dropping an F-bomb or two would be a good start.
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Henry David Thoreau would have given “12 Years a Slave” the Oscar for best picture, too
The 19th-century naturalist and political philosopher argued that slavery laid waste to the American landscape -- and not just in the South.
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Blood on the leaves: The hidden environmental story in “12 Years a Slave”
Steve McQueen's masterful film shows how subjugation of human beings went hand-in-hand with the ravaging of the Southern landscape -- a story that still echoes today.