A Feathered Solution for Food Waste Backyard chickens are a great way to reduce greenhouse pollution Text and photographs by Jason Mark November 28, 2024 In this story: food and drink
The Northeast Is Becoming a Tinderbox Here’s everything you need to know about the region’s record-breaking drought conditions and unusual wildfires By Sara Hashemi November 27, 2024 In this story: wildfire, drought
Where the Tide Is the Loudest Sound A gold mine intrudes on a quiet Alaskan refuge By Dustin Solberg November 26, 2024 In this story: Alaska, saving wild places, public lands, wildlife, marine ecosystems
Concerns About Infrastructure and Lack of Indigenous Representation at COP30 Abound The next UN Climate Change Conference will follow this year’s stagnant negotiations on funding global adaptation By Jill Langlois November 25, 2024 In this story: COP, climate change, climate adaptation, international climate policy, climate negotiations
These Women Are Leading the Effort to Protect Sacred Water A new documentary, "Drowned Land," explores the Choctaw-led effort to put tribal heritage above profit By Cheyenne Skye Branscum November 24, 2024 In this story: indigenous communities, water, fossil fuels
Loopholes and Fractures Make for Un-United Nations as COP29 Ends Fossil-friendly language permeates draft texts and tensions between developed and developing nations remain By Nour Ghantous November 22, 2024 In this story: COP, climate change, Sustainable Finance
America’s Healing Can Start With Family Around the Holidays Most of us want the same things: a better life for our children, safe communities, good schools, freedom By Ben Jealous November 22, 2024
Facing Motherhood in an Unrecognizable World Helen Phillips's "Hum" tracks motherhood in an increasingly unrecognizable world By Claire Greenburger November 21, 2024 In this story: books, children, women
How to See Our Species With the Big Picture Ferris Jabr's "Becoming Earth" explores the planet as a living organism By Jason Mark November 21, 2024 In this story: books, ecosystems
When Women Are Warriors Nemonte Nenquimo's "We Will Be Jaguars" channels climate activism with female leadership By Jonathan Hahn November 21, 2024 In this story: women, indigenous communities, books
Environmentalists Have a Wish List for the Lame Duck Session President Biden will have an impressive conservation legacy. He could go even further if he did these things. By Lindsey Botts November 20, 2024 In this story: saving wild places, wildlife, public lands, congress
As Salt Water Flows up the Mississippi River for a Third Year, the Region Looks for Permanent Solutions A salty river is a public health crisis, contaminating drinking water for thousands in southeast Louisiana By Lily Carey and Eva Tesfaye November 19, 2024 In this story: clean water, climate change, drought
Who Is Lee Zeldin? Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency has greens worried By Dana Drugmand November 18, 2024 In this story: EPA
He’ll Try, But Trump Can’t Stop the Clean Energy Revolution The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling, and red states are raking in cash By Matt Simon November 17, 2024 In this story: Trump, renewable energy, solar, offshore wind, victory
At COP29, US Climate Congress Changes Tune With a president-elect bent on dismantling climate gains, US climate allies reach for economics By Nour Ghantous November 15, 2024 In this story: COP, Trump, climate change, Sustainable Finance
We Won’t Go Backward on Clean Energy Renewables are booming, and that’s good news for public health and people’s pocketbooks By Ben Jealous November 15, 2024
What's Greener, Wooden Matches or Lighters? Here are the most sustainable ways to light up your life By Jessian Choy November 14, 2024 In this story: Ms. Green, sustainability
What Does a Resilience Officer Do? These state officials are the next frontier of climate mitigation By Gabe Castro-Root November 13, 2024 In this story: climate adaptation, climate change, environmental law
A Desert Meditation on the Future of Solar Can we have our clean energy installations and our desert too? By Jonathan Thompson November 12, 2024 In this story: saving wild places
A Veterans Day Reflection on Why Access to the Outdoors Is More Important Than Ever How one veteran's connections with the land provided hope during his service By Sherman Neal II November 11, 2024 In this story: veterans, inspiring connections outdoors, military outdoors, outdoor recreation