Tracing the Spine of the Pacific The ‘Alava Trail offers a journey through America’s only paleotropic rainforest By Marc Hess May 17, 2017 In this story: forests
An Ultra Runner Campaigns for Water One Step at a Time Mina Guli ran 40 marathons in 40 days to highlight the global water crisis By Nick Davidson May 17, 2017 In this story: climate change, water, activism
Red Rock Stories: Two Excerpts Three generations of writers speak on behalf of Utah’s public lands By Shonto Begay and Jacqueline Keeler May 17, 2017 In this story: national parks, monuments, books
Rick Perry Thinks *You’re* Stupid The Trump administration is looking to prop up coal and nukes under the guise of “national security” By Paul Rauber May 16, 2017 In this story: dirty energy, nuclear, coal, politics
We Are Traffic Two hours in the life of a human bike lane By Heather Smith May 16, 2017 In this story: biking, activism
Crossing a Great Divide A cyclist reconsiders her views toward public lands By Carolyne Whelan May 15, 2017 In this story: biking, adventure, fracking, public lands
Gear for Adventurous Families These items will make the great outdoors feel as comfortable as home By Leslie Hsu Oh May 14, 2017 In this story: buyers' guide, children, hiking, camping, backpacking
This World Fair Trade Day, Think of the Children Five facts about the ongoing child labor crisis By Miriam Porter May 13, 2017 In this story: children, Industrial Transformation
Researchers Use Environmental DNA to Monitor Marine Ecosystems A single cup of water contains fishy fingerprints By Jason Daley May 13, 2017 In this story: science
Rock Climbers Fight for Public Lands on Capitol Hill With 60 percent of climbing areas on public lands, stakes are high By Drew Higgins May 12, 2017 In this story: activism, national parks
Environmental News ICYMI A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber May 12, 2017 In this story: climate change
Big Coal’s War on West Virginia A Netflix documentary examines a state’s love for the industry that’s killing it By Joanna Nix May 12, 2017 In this story: film, coal, mountaintop-removal mining
Want Better Environmental Policies? Ask a Woman to Run for Office Emily’s List and environmental organizations see more women running as a win-win By Wendy Becktold May 12, 2017 In this story: women, activism, climate change
Brown Girls #ColorTheCrag and Go Climbing One Instagrammer’s quest to boost diversity in rock climbing By Drew Higgins May 11, 2017 In this story: climbing
How Trump’s Attempted Rollback of Oil and Gas Rules Went Down in Flames Environmentalists see a blueprint for stopping the Trump agenda By Jason Mark May 11, 2017
The Morals of Corporate Social Responsibiity Consumers don't blindly buy into companies' sustainability marketing language By Katie O'Reilly May 10, 2017 In this story: education
Has the Internet Changed Activism? Zeynep Tufekci talks activism, Facebook, and how big movements flame out fast By Heather Smith May 10, 2017 In this story: activism, technology
When Rivers Are Granted Legal Status as Persons Sierra Club history plays a role in recently revived Rights of Nature movement By Diane Covington-Carter May 9, 2017 In this story: air, clean water, John Muir