McCown's longspur
McCown's longspur, shown here at the Pawnee National Grasslands in Colorado, was named after an amateur ornithologist who later became a Confederate general. Photo: Bettina Arrigoni / Flickr

Episode for July 24, 2020

Changing bird names tied to racism and colonialism. What recent court rulings against major pipelines mean for “energy dominance,” the environment and Indigenous rights. A trip to Ice Mountain in West Virginia where rare plants grow and cool air seeps out of ice vents deep in the rocks.

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