When Every Day is Earth Day
by Katherine Glover
Southern California Super Lawyers 2010
February 2010

These four lawyers spend their lives toiling to keep a righteous balance between the needs of the environment and the demands of business and government. (Joel Reynolds; Les Lo Baugh; Greg Wilkinson; Lawrence Riff)

All Worked Up
The new issue in environmental justice: paychecks
by Katherine Glover
Sierra Magazine
September/October 2009

From my food industry blog on BNET: posts on the food industry and sustainability.

Companies Watch Their Water (March 2, 2009)
Trimming the Fat Off of Food Packaging (April 15, 2009)
Reusable Bags are Edging Into Mainstream (April 9, 2009)
Shoppers Still Buy Green Despite Recession (February 18, 2009)

Fraud Helps Dole in Nicaragua Banana Pesticide Case
By Katherine Glover
BNET.com
May 13, 2009

Religious forum explores justice issues linking immigration and food supplies
by Katherine Glover
MinnPost.com
March 31, 2009

Cookin’ With Sun
Sierra Magazine
November/December 2008

Mike and Martha Port sell solar cookers to outdoor enthusiasts in the United States–and use the profits to subsidize sales of the ovens in developing countries.

Also check out the online-only audio interview with Solar Oven Society volunteer and recipe-maker Bill Potts.

Crop Prices Cut into Conservation
by Katherine Glover
The Environment Report

With grain prices hitting record highs, a lot of farmers are removing land from the federal Conservation Reserve Program, which pays landowners to idle land for conservation. The US Department of Agriculture, which runs the program, says the CRP is still in good shape, but some conservationists disagree.

Buffalo Ridge
by Katherine Glover
The Rake

It used to be that wind power advocates were treated as lunatics. Now big corporations dominate the profitable business of producing Minnesota wind energy.

States Ready for Wolf Delisting?
by Katherine Glover and Carey Biron
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(now The Environment Report)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to remove the eastern population of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List and turn over wolf management to state control. But not everyone thinks the states are up for it.

A Legal Victory for ‘Rails to Trails’
by Katherine Glover
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(now The Environment Report)

Private landowners say their rights are being trampled on by hikers when the state implements “Rails to Trails” programs. The landowners claim the property should be theirs now that the railroad is finished with the right-of-way. One state recently won the court’s approval to keep its trail intact, including pieces that cross through private property. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Katherine Glover reports.

GPS Treasure Hunting in Public Parks
by Katherine Glover
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(now The Environment Report)

I go Geocaching with a guy from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – just as the department is in the process of figuring out geocaching guidelines and lifting its ban.