Forty-five years ago next week, the modern environmental movement was launched with the release of Rachel Carson's landmark book SILENT SPRING, amidst fiery controversy that still burns today. Check ...

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One of Pittsburgh’s three “Sisters Bridges” connecting Downtown to the North Side will close in February for more than a year during a $23.3 million rehabilitation project, Allegheny County announced ...

Rachel Carson is best known for her book, “Silent Spring,” which sold millions of copies and brought widespread attention to the harmful effects of DDT and other chemicals. The dedication ceremony ...

The Rachel Carson Bridge will be closed to vehicles for inspection activities through Friday. Inspections will resume Monday and continue through June 27. Commuter Scott Wallace uses the Sister ...

The Rachel Carson College mural project created by the RCC Student Council. Image taken during the College Eight rededication ceremony in fall 2016. Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta. When College Eight ...

Rachel Carson would recognize the conflict between environmental regulation and corporate interests as it is manifesting in President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for head of the Environmental Protection ...

WELLS - This summer Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of its renaming in honor of the world-renowned marine biologist, author, environmentalist and ...

This essay argues for reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring as a work of love that calls for an environmental politics of desire rather than self-preservation narrowly construed. I make this argument ...

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