...It starts to sound like chapters in a Mike Davis exposé, except not. Here's a slew of new articles in Miller McCune (remember New Ruralism?) all relating to the ecological politics of California. Take the jump for more on a nuclear meltdown near downtown L.A., the uses of sewage, and the making of wildfires.


...It starts to sound like chapters in a Mike Davis exposé, except not. Here's a slew of new articles in Miller McCune (remember New Ruralism?) all relating to the ecological politics of California. Take the jump for more on a nuclear meltdown near downtown L.A., the uses of sewage, and the making of wildfires.

50 Years After America’s Worst Nuclear Meltdown: Human error helped worsen a nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, and now human inertia has stymied the radioactive cleanup for half a century.

From Sewage to Artichokes: Wastewater recycling and other water-efficiency programs are saving aquifers and helping a famed produce industry thrive.

Drought, Not 'Old Chaparral,' Aiding Wildfires: Decades of 'fuel management' have been ineffective in preventing wildfires, scientists say, and in all likelihood make the blazes more likely and more devastating.