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Chip Ward

Chip Ward is a political activist and author of Canaries on the Rim (Verso) and Hope’s Horizon (Island Press). He writes from Torrey, Utah, a small village that refuses to go big.

Indians and Cowboys

The 2016 Version of an Old Story on a New Planet

By Chip Ward On September 20, 2016On May 15, 2021

The Original Geo-Engineers

Or How to Save the Iconic West from the Cow

By Chip Ward On July 29, 2014On August 12, 2014

Trek West for the Big Picture

Saving the Land One Footfall at a Time

By Chip Ward On June 23, 2013On May 15, 2021

We Screwed Up

By Chip Ward On March 27, 2012On March 27, 2012

Someone Got Rich and Someone Got Sick

Nature Is the 99%, Too

By Chip Ward On October 27, 2011On May 15, 2021

How the West Was Lost

The American West in Flames

By Chip Ward On June 16, 2011On May 15, 2021

How the “Peaceful Atom” Became a Serial Killer

Nuclear Power Loses its Alibi

By Chip Ward On March 24, 2011On November 10, 2021

Chip Ward, A West Raised by Wolves

By Chip Ward On September 28, 2010On September 28, 2010

Chip Ward, Tea Party Previews

By Chip Ward On March 28, 2010On November 10, 2021

Chip Ward, The Ruins in Our Future

By Chip Ward On September 13, 2009On May 15, 2021

Chip Ward, Let’s Not Recover

By Chip Ward On April 20, 2009On March 27, 2010

Chip Ward, The Department of Homegrown Security

By Chip Ward On February 26, 2009On February 17, 2021

Chip Ward, Sarah Palin’s Holy War on Nature

By Chip Ward On September 21, 2008On February 17, 2021

Chip Ward, Uranium Frenzy in the West

By Chip Ward On June 19, 2008On November 10, 2021

Chip Ward, How Efficiency Maximizes Catastrophe

By Chip Ward On July 29, 2007On February 17, 2021

Chip Ward, How the Public Library Became Heartbreak Hotel

By Chip Ward On April 1, 2007On March 28, 2010

Chip Ward on Pentagon Fireworks

By Chip Ward On June 29, 2006On March 27, 2010

Chip Ward, Bush’s Holy War on Nature

By Chip Ward On September 15, 2005On July 12, 2021

Chip Ward on the Long (Marmot) Goodbye

By Chip Ward On June 6, 2005On March 27, 2010

Chip Ward on lions and tigers and bears (oh my!)

By Chip Ward On November 30, 2004On March 8, 2021

Chip Ward on paving the wilderness

By Chip Ward On January 27, 2004On March 27, 2010

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