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Dayton Martindale

Dayton Martindale is a freelance writer on science, environment, and politics. His writing has appeared in In These TimesEarth Island Journal and The Next System Project. He tweets at @DaytonRMartind.

Articles

Rereleased this year in a single volume, Kim Stanley Robinson’s trilogy Three Californias imagines three possible futures for the world writ large through the lens of Orange County, California.

Dayton Martindale

A new book on climate change deploys an old theme, pitting man against nature. This is not only wrong; it stands in the way of a just future.

Dayton Martindale

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