Why One of the Nation’s Most Crucial Environmental Laws Is Being Modernized Environmental groups are cautiously optimistic about new NEPA rules By Lindsey Botts September 27, 2023 In this story: clean energy, environmental justice, environmental law
Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States By Austyn Gaffney September 26, 2023 In this story: coal, coal ash, health, water, toxics
How to Think Like a Watershed The Platte Basin Timelapse turns science into photographic poetry By Carson Vaughan September 25, 2023 In this story: photography, water, saving wild places, wildlife
Native Welder Crafts Artwork to Help Free the Snake River Salmon A steel sculpture will be the centerpiece of a Pacific Northwest tour calling on the US government to honor its treaties with Indigenous nations By Jason Mark September 24, 2023 In this story: salmon, indigenous communities, rivers
For New York City, Cutting Tailpipe Pollution Needs to Start at Home It’s time for the city to transition its automotive fleet to electric vehicles By Ben Jealous September 23, 2023
On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing This year’s sponsors included some of the most notorious polluters By Marlowe Starling September 23, 2023 In this story: climate change, corporate accountability, oil, methane gas, plastic
A National Park Wish List for National Public Lands Day Here are five places Congress should vote to protect By Lindsey Botts September 22, 2023 In this story: national parks, public lands
Solar Geoengineering Could Become the “New Form of Denial” for Silicon Valley Enthusiasts, Critics Say The idea of dimming the sun to slow climate change is gaining popularity—but only with billionaires in the Global North By Joanna Thompson September 21, 2023 In this story: technology, climate change
Solar Geoengineering Could Wreak Havoc on the Planet To respond to climate change, we should focus on ramping down fossil fuels By Krystal Vasquez September 21, 2023 In this story: technology, climate change
New Climate Corps Will Put Young People to Work to Address Global Warming The Biden administration fulfills a promise the president made to young climate voters By Jeremy Miller September 20, 2023 In this story: climate change, clean energy, green jobs
Earth’s Annual Average Temperatures Set to Breach 1.5°C for the First Time The grave reality of a do-little-on-climate scenario is becoming clear By Jonathan Hahn September 20, 2023 In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, federal policy, international climate policy
Black to Nature Two Baltimore women are on a mission to visit every national park By Lindsey Botts September 20, 2023 In this story: national parks, public lands
What Happens Next With Oil and Gas in the Arctic? Conservation groups welcome canceled leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge but fear more could be on the way By Lindsey Botts September 19, 2023 In this story: arctic, saving wild places, wildlife, indigenous communities, animals
The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything By Peter Fairley September 18, 2023 In this story: clean energy, technology
Tens of Thousands of Marchers Fill New York City Streets to Demand an End to Fossil Fuel Extraction People of all ages and from around the world call on President Biden to stop exacerbating the climate emergency By Emily Driehaus and Marlowe Starling September 18, 2023 In this story: climate change, activism, federal policy, international climate policy
States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest In some states, protesting against an oil pipeline is a felony By Tristram Korten September 17, 2023 In this story: Dakota Access Pipeline, pipelines, activism
5 Must-Read Newsletters for the Climate-Curious Get relevant environmental and climate writing straight to your inbox By Aarohi Sheth September 16, 2023 In this story: climate change, newsletter, environmental justice, activism
Protecting a Way of Life and the Planet The Biden administration protected an entire way of life when it moved to shut down drilling in the Arctic By Ben Jealous September 15, 2023
Having Breakfast With Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge A short history of the Sierra Club's solidarity with the Gwich'in Nation By Brandon Keim September 14, 2023 In this story: public lands, indigenous communities, arctic
What's the Sierra Club Been up to Lately? Alerts, campaign updates, and victories from Sierra Club volunteers and staff By Lindsey Botts September 14, 2023 In this story: public lands, electric vehicles, climate change, Roundup