For more than 40 years, the Environmental Forum has played a distinctive role in environmental law and policy: creating space for thoughtful debate, diverse viewpoints, and constructive disagreement. From its earliest days, the Forum has never existed to tell readers what to think, but to illuminate what is worth thinking about.
Today, we look toward a future built on the extraordinary 35-year legacy of Stephen R. Dujack. As editor-in-chief, Steve grew the Forum from a sapling to a towering oak. Daily, he demonstrated his exceptional ability to sharpen complex ideas without losing an author’s voice. As Steve enters a well-earned retirement, we are committed to honoring the community of thinkers he spent decades cultivating.
That legacy is more important now than ever. The environmental challenges facing society are more complex, more politicized, and more interconnected—and the conversations around them move faster than ever before. As Steve himself observed nearly a decade ago, the communications revolution we’ve experienced is “as big in its day as was Gutenberg’s Press.” If the Forum is to continue stimulating informed, balanced dialogue, it must meet readers where they are.
Starting today, we are evolving the Forum into a fully digital, bi-weekly format. Each edition will deliver a single curated column or article directly to your inbox. This shift will broaden access and reach, ensuring Forum voices engage a wider and more diverse audience; increase timeliness, so ideas appear when they matter most; and deepen the intellectual rigor and spirited debate that are the Forum’s defining qualities.
What will not change is the Forum’s identity. We will continue to elevate ideas across the spectrum, grounded in the belief that constructive engagement is essential to environmental progress. As founding editor Bud Ward reflected, the Forum has never been about simply reporting the news; it has always been about helping readers make sense of it.
We are deeply grateful to the three extraordinary editors that have shaped the Forum into the trusted platform it is today: Bud Ward (1982-1986), Carole Parker (1988-1990), and especially Steve Dujack (1990-2025). Our commitment is to honor that legacy by ensuring the Forum remains as relevant and catalytic for the next generation as it was for the last.
The first digital edition of the Environmental Forum will arrive in your inbox on January 15. We look forward to continuing this journey with you—in a new format, but with the same foundational purpose: advancing environmental protection through serious analysis, thoughtful opinion, and meaningful debate.
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