How Land Use Contributed to Risk and Disaster during Hurricane Katrina
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near the mouth of the Pearl River…
Author Rebecca B. Costa
Black Rage at the Organization of American Historians
[This post also appeared at Black Perspectives] The theme of this year’s Organization of American Historians…
Toxic Legacy: New Boom Highlights Oil’s Hundred-Year Environmental History in West Texas
West Texas is synonymous with big hats, big boots, and staunch “don’t tread on me”…
Archiving Weather Data
It was mid-summer and excruciatingly hot in Washington, D.C. It wasn’t just me––July 2014 would…
Paul Revere Recycled: How More Than Two Centuries of Material Reuse Informs the Future Success and Failure of Environmental Services in Industrial Society
In the popular imagination, recycling arose out of the modern environmental movement. Some associate recycling…
“What About Early America?”: Panel Recap
As an Early Americanist, I’ve noticed the relatively few panels that deal with my subject…
Global Weirding in America’s First Gilded Age
“The disastrous floods and tornadoes in the United States within the last five years have…
The Changing Political Identities of American Science
There is a running joke among historians of science about the signs for this month’s…
Organizing for Change: The Genius of the First Earth Day
The story of the first Earth Day always has struck me as inspiring, but now…
Labor and the Environmental Justice Movement: Why Their Shared History Matters Today
The recent pipeline battle at Standing Rock, and the lead poisoning disaster in Flint, have…