The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Judge Dread
What could replacing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh do to the environment?
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Fracking Chemicals Boost Fat Cells
Exposure to fracking compounds increase size, number of fat cells
What Can Dockless Bikes Tell Us About Cities?
Love them or hate them, they’re generating loads of newfound data
This Is What the Colorado River Looks Like by the Time It Reaches Mexico
Hint: It's not a pretty picture
How Far Do We Go to Save a Species?
The race to preserve the northern white rhino has a big breakthrough
Scott Pruitt Wasted Too Much of Our Time—And the Planet’s as Well
Pruitt couldn’t even do dastardly right, but inaction and incompetence are their own threats
Ríos to Rivers Is Not Your Average Exchange Program
Weston Boyles gets youths from Chile and the U.S. on the water together
The Lone Star State Ditches the Big Brown Coal Plant
It was one of the largest sources of sulfur dioxide pollution in the country
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coal
The Unstoppable Don Steinke
This volunteer has helped to close one fossil fuel terminal after another
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coal
ICYMI: Scott Pruitt Resigns, Spiders Go Electric, & More
A weekly roundup for busy people
Rescue a Swimmer Stranded in a Raging River
When a quick dip to cool off goes bad
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survival tips
What Are the Safest Soaps and Shampoos for a Boating Trip?
Here's a green-cosmetics database you can use for any vacation
The Trailhead at the Water’s Edge
The Lake Tahoe Water Trail offers adventurers slick mileage
The Great GMO Switcheroo
Will the USDA’s plan to rebrand the polarizing term backfire?
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food and drink
Beavers Are the Ultimate Ecosystem Engineers
The aquatic rodents have rebounded, and they're reshaping watersheds for the better
In Review: The River of Lost Souls
Jonathan P. Thompson's new book investigates the Gold King Mine disaster
John Wesley Powell and the "Great Unknown"
A raft of new books celebrate the 1869 Powell expedition
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books
Rhode Island Becomes First State to Sue Big Oil Over Climate Change
The Ocean State seeks to recover costs associated with climate impacts
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climate change
The Lead Poisoning in Flint Points to a Nationwide Problem
Cities carefully monitor lead in the water supply, except when they don't
Paddling the Lower Columbia River Water Trail
A veteran mountaineer discovers that long-distance kayaking is a whole different kind of outdoor adventure
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hiking
