Earth Day used to make me think about beauty. This year it made me think about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and what happens when the people in charge cannot be trusted to tell the truth.

My new essay asks a question I cannot shake: if the next environmental crisis were already unfolding, would we even be told?

This one is about memory, power, government failure, and the terrifying cost of not knowing.

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