Char Miller
Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, and among his most recent books are "Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream," "The Nature of Hope: Grassroots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change," "Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy," and "Death Valley National Park: A History."
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In draining millions of gallons of groundwater from beneath the Mojave Desert at a site near the Mojave National Preserve, Cadiz would sell this irreplaceable resource at premium prices to Southern California water districts.
The latest salvo is California’s long-running water wars has the potential to emerge as one of the most important pieces of water regulation in recent years.
Leaving no trace is difficult in practice. No matter how careful you are, a single pair of boots will leave an impression of some kind. How do we visit our favorite state parks without leaving a trace?
Is attacking the marbled murrelet a losing strategy?
It's a very good day when NOAA can expand protections to Pacific marine life.Today is one such day.
Scary-high levels of benzene are in fracking wastewater sites. Why has California not stopped this from happening?
Ralph Cornell had a great idea a century ago that can help reduce our dependence on imported water: plant a native landscape.
The recovery of the northern elephant seal population is a welcome sign of nature's resilience and human stewardship.
Budgets and political lines could trouble the new monument, but they should not stop it from moving forward.
What do we mean by wilderness? The Gila Wilderness Area's history provides a complicated definition.
Illegal marijuana grows are devastating our public lands. So why not make pot legal?
Pitzer College's Climate Action Plan is a template for other institutions wanting to break their fossil-fuel addiction.