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Every Watershed Deserves a Rock Opera

How an Oregon sewer inspired a live multimedia performance

By Michelle Nijhuis September 16, 2025

In this story: music, art, water, conservation

Photo-illustration shows four members of a choir wearing hard hats and two other actors in The Watershed Rock Opera.

Sun Day Brings Earth Day Energy to Renewables

Events across the country on September 21 will celebrate the clean energy revolution

By Alison F. Takemura September 15, 2025

In this story: solar, renewable energy, wind, activism, clean energy

A large array of solar panels with the sun setting in the background.

The Fight Over Data Centers

They’re unsightly and power hungry. The White House wants to build a whole lot more.

By Alexander Nazaryan September 14, 2025

In this story: data centers, technology, climate change, community

The Resistance Rangers Want Your Help in Protecting National Parks

A movement of off-duty and former officials has mobilized to save embattled parks

By Juliet Grable September 12, 2025

In this story: national parks, public lands, activism, Trump, hiking

A line of protesters hold signs and an upside-down US flag in Yosemite National Park in front of a waterfall.

Why Public Lands Need Protection More Than Ever

The Trump administration wants to sell off our shared lands. We need to meet this moment.

By Shruti Bhatnagar September 11, 2025

In this story: public lands, activism, national parks, Trump, inspiring connections outdoors

Portrait of Shruti Bhatnagar smiling at the camera.

This Is How Climate Change Transformed a Maryland Neighborhood

Extreme conditions are impacting Takoma Park's trees

By Mike Tidwell September 10, 2025

In this story: climate change, urban living, conservation, forests, community

Illustration shows the back of a man looking out at a field of tree stumps with flowers at their bases

This Land Is Your Land

A mother and daughter pedal across Wyoming as public lands hang in the balance

Text and photographs by Christine Peterson September 9, 2025

In this story: public lands, biking, hiking, Wonder, Kids' Corner

Miriam Peterson wears a turquoise helmet and rides on an unpaved road toward the camera with two other riders and the gray, rocky Oregon Buttes behind her.

Public Lands Are on the Line

Trump and his allies are targeting our shared, wild spaces for extraction

By Jeremy Miller September 8, 2025

In this story: public lands, logging, national parks, forests, Trump

Blurry photo taken from a car shows a field of dried grass with forested mountains in the background.

Public Lands Were Made Free to All

Protecting wild places was once a radical idea. It still is.

By Jonathan Hahn September 8, 2025

In this story: public lands, logging, national parks, climate change, Trump

View in between trees looking down from Pine Mountain near Ojai, California

All Aboard the Mardi Gras Service

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, Amtrak has revived a railway connecting Gulf Coast communities

By Reese Anderson September 7, 2025

In this story: climate change, transportation, clean energy

Photo courtesy of Amtrak via the Southern Rail Commission

Thaw

A poem by Traci Brimhall

September 5, 2025

In this story: poem, Wonder

Close-up of snow-covered bulrush/cattails

Wildfires Have Lasting Psychological Effects on Farmworkers

Farmworking communities face a long struggle to overcome mental and emotional impacts

By Elham Shirin September 4, 2025

In this story: wildfire, health, climate change

A firefighter pulls a water hose as a wildfires continues to burn Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Santa Paula, Calif.

What Comes Next After Texas Hill Country’s Deadly Flood?

The long road to recovery will be complicated as federal officials dismantle emergency management policy

By Amal Ahmed September 3, 2025

In this story: flooding, disaster relief, climate change

A man walks past crosses and flowers that form a make-shift memorial along the Guadalupe River as the Texas Senate and House Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding hold a public hearing in Kerrville, Texas

What Happens to the Clothes You Return Online?

Too often, they don’t get recycled or reused but instead fill up our landfills, lands, and oceans

By Kelly Rota September 2, 2025

In this story: fashion, sustainability, buyers' guide

Wela as Root

A poem by Gisselle Yepes

By Gisselle Yepes September 1, 2025

In this story: poem

Underside view of an orange, yellow, white, and black monarch butterfly emerging from water, with water splashing up behind it.

The Trump Administration’s Campaign Against Renewable Wind Reaches a New Phase

Environmental advocates say that stop work orders will raise consumer prices and risk energy shortages

By Dana Drugmand August 31, 2025

In this story: wind, offshore wind, Trump, climate change, renewable energy

Beavers Build Back Better

Ecologists are relocating "nuisance" beavers to fix degraded landscapes across the West

By Lauren Colella August 29, 2025

In this story: ecosystems, wetlands, wildfire, conservation, Gee Whiz

Michigan Coal Mandate Will Increase Utility Bills for Millions

The Trump administration is forcing coal and gas plants to stay open after operators already agreed to shut them down

By Jeff St. John August 28, 2025

In this story: coal, beyond coal, dirty energy

An aerial image of Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21, 2024. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

FEMA Failures in Katrina Aftermath Serve as Stark Warning

Experts warn of backsliding at FEMA as nation observes 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

By Delaney Nolan August 27, 2025

In this story: disaster relief, climate change, extreme weather

Cars, couches, and the wreckages of homes lay strewn amid fallen trees following Hurricane Katrina

Cavefish Might Lose Their Eyes, but They Gain So Much More

Some of their adaptations could hold clues for treating human conditions like obesity and diabetes

By Tim Vernimmen August 26, 2025

In this story: science, Wonder, fish, Gee Whiz