Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Rare rhino death as poaching worsens
October 28, 2014A 34 year-old rhino named Suni, died from natural causes on Oct. 17, at a nature reserve in Kenya, leaving just six northern white rhinos remaining worldwide.
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Minnesota wolves hounded as hunting licenses increase
October 24, 2014At a time when wolves are only just starting to make a comeback in some states, these actions have fueled a climate of concern and outrage.
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At state park, fight is on to stop mountaintop removal
October 21, 2014The Kanawha Forest Coalition is desperately fighting a mountaintop removal project just outside of Kanawha State Forest, a state park in Loudendale, West Virginia.
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Panopticon’s breathtaking ride on “Roads to the North”
October 17, 2014When it comes to underground music, the black metal genre is about as subterranean as it gets.
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On climate train, green architect talks blueprints for future
October 14, 2014It's not just about reforming building regulations and materials, or outfitting buildings with snappy new energy-efficient technology, we also need to get everybody on board.
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Occupy Alaska: Thousands of walrus stranded
October 10, 2014Without a source of sea ice on which to spend the winter, the mammals have been forced to come ashore seeking refuge, in record numbers, confused and stranded.
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From trains to streets, Climate March moved people
October 7, 2014From the Chicago climate train full of activists, to the People's Climate March itself, every person there seemed to feel passionately about a particular environmental issue.
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Climate march underscores the high stakes of using palm oil
October 3, 2014Palm oil imports to the U.S. have increased 485 percent in the last decade, and companies producing palm oil are cutting away massive tracts of rainforest.
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