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Wildfire smoke will be one of the most widely felt health impacts of climate change throughout the country, but U.S. clean air regulations are not equipped to deal with it. Stanford experts discuss the causes and impacts of wildfire activity and…
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Sanford Gifford (1823-1880) made perhaps the most beautiful of all Hudson River School landscapes. Most notably, he was famed for his portrayal of the distance. Far horizons—hazy, luminous, otherworldly—were his special fascination. In this talk…
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U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn in California’s Sierra National Forest. Image credit: U.S.…
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The View From the Top of the Sky Pond Hiking Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. (Photo credit: Carly…
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To this day the U.S. government owns almost half of the land in the American West. That level of control has been debated ever since the government began acquiring the areas in the 19th century, with some westerners resenting the vastness of the…
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Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, Room 104
443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
Tap water distrust has grown as a concern in the U.S. due to the Flint crisis and associated scandal, as well as growing evidence regarding the health, economic welfare, and broader well-being impacts of distrust. This talk focuses on the…
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Screen shot from “Hell and High Water” by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune “Hell and High Water,”…
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In a collection of reported and personal essays, edited by the Center Media Fellow Michelle García, writers explore the origins of the American West narrative and mythology and its distorting effect on national identity and politics…
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Katherine Nolan in the field, interning at the Santa Lucia Conservancy. Photo by Jane Weichert.…
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Stanford historian Richard White partners with his son, photographer Jesse Amble White.  From the publisher: “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This indelible quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty…