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Chip Ward

A former grassroots organizer and librarian, Chip Ward, TomDispatch regular, writes from Torrey, Utah. He is the author of two books, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. His essays can be found by clicking here. To listen to Timothy MacBain’s latest TomCast audio interview in which Ward discusses global ‘weirding,’ click here, or download it to your iPod here.

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Chip Ward
News Analysis

The Original Geo-Engineers: Or How to Save the Iconic West From the Cow

The new “nesters” understand that you cannot steer and control an ecosystem but you might be able to dance with one.
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch
July 29, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Rewilding the West, One Step at a Time

Trek West, a ‘landscape connectivity’ project, will cover 6,000 miles of North America on foot, bike boat, and horseback.
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch
June 24, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

We Screwed Up: A Letter of Apology to My Granddaughter

Dear Maddie, I address this letter to you, but please share it with Jack, Tasiah, and other grandchildren who are yet unborn. Also, with your children and theirs.…
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch
March 27, 2012
Truthout
Op-Ed

Someone Got Rich and Someone Got Sick: Nature Is the 99 Percent, Too

If your child has asthma and it’s getting worse, then news about the White House’s recent retreat on ozone (that is, smog) standards for the air over your…
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch
October 27, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

How the West Was Lost

Arizona is burning. Texas, too. New Mexico is next. If you need a grim reminder that an already arid West is burning up and blowing away, here it…
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch
June 16, 2011
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The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good: The Yellowstone Success Story and Those Who Want to Kill It

At long last, good news. Fifteen years have passed since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and the results are in. The controversial experiment has been a…
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch | Op-Ed
September 28, 2010
Truthout

The BP Disaster Marks the End of the Age of Arrogance About the Environment … Can We Change?

We dreamed we were living in a fabulous mansion but are waking up in a greasy gutter. The ecological and economic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico…
by
Chip Ward,
AlterNet
June 10, 2010
Truthout

Welcome to Glennbeckistan

Where the Tea Party Rules and the Tea-hadis Roam What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let’s call it Glennbeckistan, where white, patriarchal, religiously zealous, Tea…
by
Chip Ward,
TomDispatch.com
March 28, 2010
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