Climate & Energy

Saving America’s Broken Prairie

Scientists call the American prairie one of the most threatened ecosystems

By David J. Unger June 26, 2017

In this story: saving wild places, climate change

Your Own Private Wind Turbine

It worked for the solar industry! Domestic wind power is now a thing.

By Sean Ogami June 24, 2017

In this story: wind, clean energy

Environmental News ICYMI 06-16-17

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Paul Rauber June 16, 2017

In this story: climate change

Public Transit Toots Its Own Horn

Happy National Dump the Pump Day!

By Abbey Cliffe June 15, 2017

In this story: public transit, transportation, air, urban planning

“They captured me for defending our collective rights.”

Inside the efforts of Honduras’s Garifuna people to protect their ancestral lands from tourism development

By John Gibler June 13, 2017

In this story: climate change, activism

Alaska's Incredible Shrinking Village

Rising seas are claiming Shishmaref and its Native culture of self-sufficiency

By Rachel Rivera June 16, 2017

In this story: indigenous communities, climate change

Environmental News ICYMI 06-9-17

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Paul Rauber June 9, 2017

In this story: climate change, coal

Tribal Solar Brings Renewable Power to the People

Tim Willink helps indigenous communities power up on Native lands

June 16, 2017

In this story: solar, renewable energy

Grid Alternative's Tim Willink helps indigenous communiites power up on native lands.

Go Fly a Kite!

Scientists are using kites for data about superstorms, rising waters, and dunes

By Sara Novak June 6, 2017

In this story: science, climate change

Environmental News ICYMI

Hot bodies, blowhard Scots, and Kentucky's solar-powered coal museum

By Paul Rauber June 15, 2017