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William deBuys

William deBuys, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of 10 books, including A Great Aridness and The Last Unicorn, which compose a trilogy that culminates with The Trail to Kanjiroba: Rediscovering Earth in an Age of Loss, just published.

New Mexico’s Megafires Mark a Turning Point

For People, Land, and the Forest Service

By William deBuys On July 21, 2022On July 21, 2022

Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World

A Himalayan Journey Toward Hope

By William deBuys On October 19, 2021On October 19, 2021

Making America Great Again in a New Wild West

The Humanitarian and Environmental Disaster of Trump’s Border Wall

By William deBuys On January 16, 2020On May 15, 2021

How to Make a Difficult Situation Awful

Or Why Donald Trump’s Great Wall Is Viagra for Him, But a Border Disaster

By William deBuys On March 24, 2019On March 24, 2019

New From Trump University

Election Rigging 101

By William deBuys On January 19, 2017On January 19, 2017

Privatizing America’s Public Land

How the Raid on Malheur Screened a Future Raid on Real Estate

By William deBuys On May 17, 2016On May 15, 2021

California First

As Both Climate Victim and Responder, the National Style-Setter Leads the Way

By William deBuys On August 16, 2015On May 15, 2021

The Politics of Extinction

An Introduction to the Most Beautiful Animal You’ll Never See

By William deBuys On March 15, 2015On May 15, 2021

The Wilderness Act Turns 50

Celebrating the Great Laws of 1964

By William deBuys On September 28, 2014On September 28, 2014

Never Again Enough

Field Notes from a Drying West

By William deBuys On July 30, 2013On May 15, 2021

Phoenix in the Climate Crosshairs

We Are Long Past Coal Mine Canaries

By William deBuys On March 14, 2013On May 15, 2021

The Oxygen Planet Struts Its Stuff

Not a “Perfect Storm” But the New Norm in the American West

By William deBuys On July 24, 2012On May 15, 2021

The Age of Thirst in the American West

By William deBuys On December 4, 2011On May 15, 2021

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