Low Prices for Sustainable Palm Oil Could Harm Efforts to Clean Up the Industry The supply chain for the ubiquitous cooking oil is one of the most damaging in the world By Nithin Coca November 18, 2025 In this story: forests, buyers' guide, sustainability
With US Absent, China Asserts Itself at World’s Biggest Climate Summit China’s COP30 leadership goes beyond pledges with its product showcase Text and photographs by Nour Ghantous November 17, 2025 In this story: climate change, international climate policy, climate negotiations, Trump
Earth Nowhere Near Where It Needs to Be to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change Latest emissions gap report points to the need for greater climate action to avoid disaster By Marigo Farr November 16, 2025 In this story: climate change, climate adaptation
Hurricane Melissa Is a Reminder of Our Dangerous New Reality as the Climate Crisis Accelerates Scientists warn that “we are now pushing the limits of extreme rapid intensification” By Dana Drugmand November 14, 2025 In this story: climate change, extreme weather
COP30 Forges Ahead as World’s Biggest Emitter, the United States, Stays Absent With no delegation, the US has left a vacuum that others are already filling Text and photographs by Nour Ghantous November 13, 2025 In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, international climate policy, Trump
How to Survive Toxins Like Other Animals Do Critters have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way By Katarina Zimmer November 12, 2025 In this story: animals, Gee Whiz, science
Restoring Louisiana’s Coastline Takes a Village Nonprofits work in tandem with Native American communities to delay the state's land loss Text and photographs by Reese Anderson November 11, 2025 In this story: activism, conservation, land use, indigenous communities
Is It Too Late for the Western Sandpipers of Roberts Bank? A major expansion of a British Columbia port threatens the sandpipers' feeding grounds By Jennifer Cole November 10, 2025 In this story: birds, wildlife, saving wild places, conservation, wetlands
The Quiet Architect of Federal Environmental Justice Dr. Clarice Gaylord laid the foundation for environmental-justice policies By Jaha Nailah Avery November 9, 2025 In this story: environmental justice, racial justice, social justice
Plug-In Solar Power Could Be Coming to a Balcony Near You The small devices are poised to make energy even more affordable By Dana Drugmand November 7, 2025 In this story: solar, urban planning, renewable energy
Art That Heals and Reveals Indigenous artwork is helping tribal members protect themselves from harmful environmental exposures By Wendee Nicole November 6, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, art, health, toxics
This Natural Disaster Has Upended Life for Rural Alaskans Storms like Typhoon Halong will only get worse as fossil fuel emissions continue to rise By Bailey Berg November 5, 2025 In this story: Alaska, climate change, arctic, fossil fuels, disaster relief
A Road Less Deadly Can Alaska’s new Kenai Peninsula wildlife crossings save moose? By Heather Physioc November 4, 2025 In this story: wildlife, animals, saving wild places
Putting Down Roots A dairy operation helps three New Yorkers break into the tough business of farming By Marigo Farr November 3, 2025 In this story: agriculture
These Inuit Maps Are Reimagining the Arctic Counter-mapping projects are supporting Indigenous sovereignty in a shifting landscape By Chloe Berge November 2, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, arctic, climate change, culture
Life Beyond the Grave These morticians are both conservation heroes and undertakers By Marin Scotten October 31, 2025 In this story: Halloween
In Rural Louisiana, Meta’s New Data Center Promises Growth—But at What Cost? The Hyperion data center could have a major impact on a largely agricultural community By Reese Anderson October 30, 2025 In this story: data centers, technology, energy costs
An “Energy Dominance” Agenda Puts Alaskan Wildlife at Risk Full-on extraction of oil and gas imperils one of the most undeveloped regions of the country By Lynda V. Mapes October 29, 2025 In this story: dirty energy, conservation, Trump, arctic, saving wild places
This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch By Hannah Richter October 28, 2025 In this story: insects, federal policy, Trump, wildlife, science
In Praise of Dark Skies Preserving darkness supports the wellness of both humans and wildlife By Amy Brecount White October 27, 2025 In this story: light pollution, conservation, health, Wonder