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  • A Garden at Ground Zero

    New York Times 07/16/2021

    Even with harsh winds and little sunlight 10 stories above Broadway, you can beat the elements if you are persistent — and clever enough.

  • A New Year’s Climate Diet

    New York Times 12/31/2019

    How many tons of emissions can we trim in the new year?

  • In Search Of Lost Screen Time

    New York Times 12/31/2018

    Imagine what we could do with our money, and hours, if we set our phones aside for a year.

  • An Oyster In The Storm

    New York Times 10/30/2012

    Could restored oyster reefs save Manhattan from another Sandy?

  • Meet The Beatles, Again

    New York Times 08/12/2012

    "When the Beatles recorded their playlists, did they use voice memo?"

  • The Not So Simple Life Of Shrimp

    Prevention 06/24/2012

    Farmed or wild, foreign or domestic, shrimp are tricky

  • Clean Water At 40

    Yale Environment 360 05/21/2012

    The Clean Water Act's mid-life crisis

  • I’m Not Your Psychiatrist, I’m Your Life Coach!

    Huffington Post 05/15/2012

    How you can help your therapist help himself

  • On The Waterfront

    New York Times 04/05/2012

    Save the Fulton Fish Market

  • To Everest! (By Cross Trainer)

    Huffington Post 12/30/2011

    Burning off holiday fat with your Sherpa guide

  • The Whitefish’s Burden

    New York Times 12/16/2011

    What is the future of the fish sandwich?

  • Why We Don’t Need Genetically Engineered Salmon

    United States Senate 12/15/2011

    Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard

  • Leo Tolstoy Is Quitting Facebook

    Tolstoy Studies Journal 12/01/2011

    101 years after his death, a look back through the great author's epic Facebook posts

  • Why Are We Still Eating Bluefin Tuna?

    Salon 11/19/2011

    Boycotts, ICCAT, and the persistence of appetite

  • Is There A Fish I Can Eat Guilt-Free?

    New York Times Magazine 10/02/2011

    The untold tale of one of the world's great sustainable foods

  • A No-Brainer for Congress

    Living On Earth 09/09/2011

    How to make BP oil spill payments stay in the Gulf

  • A Tale of Two Cans

    The Atlantic 08/12/2011

    Why canned salmon is better for the world than canned tuna

  • Mr. Obama, Tear Down Those Dams

    The Atlantic 07/25/2011

    Why we need a deconstruction stimulus package for seafood

  • Hunting the Lionifish

    Food and Wine 07/01/2011

    Scuba hunting for the Caribbean's venomous invader

  • The Mississippi’s Big Floods and Mark Twain’s Big Catfish

    Living On Earth 05/06/2011

    Why we need to rethink how we've engineered the Mississippi

  • Golfbälle gegen die Katastrophe

    Süddeutsche Zeitung 04/26/2011

    Throwing golfballs at a catastrophe (in German)

  • Can Gulf Oysters Recover From Deepwater?

    The Times of London 04/14/2011

    The untold story of how oysters took a beating during the oil spill of the century

  • Cod Optimization

    New York Times 04/05/2011

    Using every thing from nose to tail that a cod has to offer

  • Taming The Wild Tuna

    New York Times 11/05/2010

    Is domesticating the bluefin a good idea?

  • Slither Room

    New York Times 10/10/2010

    A review of James Prose's book "Eels"

  • Everything You Need To Know About Genetically Modified Salmon

    Good 10/05/2010

    Q & A for consumers on the perils of the AquAdvantage Salmon

  • Time For A Sea Change

    National Geographic 10/01/2010

    The "Seafood Footprint" of nations and how to shrink them

  • A Fishy Tale

    Living On Earth 09/17/2010

    Why is the US government supporting genetically modified over wild salmon?

  • Paul Greenberg on Fresh Air

    National Public Radio 07/19/2010

    Terry Gross Interviews Paul Greenberg on NPR's Fresh Air

  • Paul Greenberg on NPR’s All Things Considered

    National Public Radio 07/09/2010

    Melissa Block goes striped bass fishing with Paul Greenberg on NPR's All Things Considered

  • Tuna’s End

    New York Times Magazine 06/27/2010

    Cover story excerpt of "Four Fish"

  • Hot Planet, Cold Facts

    New York Times 04/29/2010

    A review of Bill McKibben's book "Eaarth"

  • Runaway Spirit

    Vogue 04/01/2010

    A "Nostalgia" essay about Faye Dunaway, Greenwich Connecticut, and a mother on the run

  • A Fish Oil Story

    New York Times 12/15/2009

    Menhaden, fish oil supplements, and the bottom of the food chain

  • The Ocean’s Junkyard

    New York Times 05/07/2009

    A review of "Flotsametrics and the Floating World"

  • An Ace Grows At Ground Zero

    GQ 05/01/2009

    How to make a tomato plant thrive in the city

  • I Will Survive

    New York Times 04/19/2009

    A review of Neil Strauss' book "Emergency"

  • Cat Got Your Fish?

    New York Times 03/22/2009

    Why the pet food and animal feed industries need to reconsider their use of fish

  • Bail Out The Writers!

    New York Times 12/14/2008

    Solving the "writing crisis" for less than $11 billon

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