Youths Win Landmark Settlement in Hawai'i That Enshrines “Life-Sustaining Climate Policy” Into Law The outcome of the case marks a major victory for young climate activists By Dana Drugmand June 22, 2024 In this story: climate change, environmental law
Reparations for Houston's Historically Black Neighborhoods How do you pay people for decades of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals? By Aarohi Sheth June 21, 2024 In this story: environmental justice, toxics, dirty fuels
Forest Service, Native American Tribes Partner to Promote Forest Resilience The consultation process puts tribal knowledge to work for forest management By Suzanne Bohan June 20, 2024 In this story: wildfire, indigenous communities
To Mark Juneteenth, Make Tulsa’s Black Wall Street a National Monument Let us remember that racial terror did not end with slavery By Ben Jealous June 19, 2024
The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers Satellites can now detect invisible methane leaking from wells, telling crews on the ground where to plug the leaks By Jennifer Oldham June 18, 2024 In this story: methane gas
America's Disappearing Grasslands—and Grassland Birds For prairie birds, flyover country is an increasingly hostile place By Michael Parks June 17, 2024 In this story: birds
One Last Day in Utah's Slickrock A job offer out of state called for a melancholy farewell to Arches National Park By Riley Black June 16, 2024 In this story: national parks
Carbon Capture Pipelines Are a Bad Deal So why aren’t elected officials helping to stop them? Follow the money. By Ben Jealous June 15, 2024
What's the Sierra Club Been Up to Lately? Alerts, campaign updates, and victories from Sierra Club volunteers and staff By Lindsey Botts June 14, 2024 In this story: Roundup, current events, dirty fuels
Turbulence Rattles the Northeast's Nascent Offshore Wind Industry Tradeworkers are left hanging as offshore wind ambitions collide with industry woes By Ashley Stimpson June 14, 2024 In this story: offshore wind, renewable energy
The Annual Sugarcane Burning in Florida Involves Stark Injustices Black communities are disproportionately impacted by Big Sugar's agricultural practices By Cynthia Barnett June 13, 2024 In this story: environmental justice, air, agriculture
Will Mexico’s New Climate Scientist President Change the Country’s Energy Policy? Claudia Sheinbaum made history. Whether she will modernize Mexico’s climate policy is unclear. By John Gibler June 12, 2024 In this story: international climate policy
The End of the Coal Era Ushers in a Green Jobs Boom The green economy is a huge opportunity for American workers By Ben Jealous June 11, 2024
The Hog Industry's Great Biogas Boondoggle CAFOs are jumping on the renewable energy bandwagon By Barry Yeoman June 11, 2024 In this story: concentrated animal feeding operation, sustainability, animal rights, agriculture
The Northeast Has Unexpected Old-Growth Forests That Survived Colonial Axes Expanding the remaining patches may hold the key to ecological resilience in the centuries to come By Krista Langlois June 10, 2024 In this story: forests
The Giant Douglas Fir Tree in My Backyard Is a Time Machine This portal to the fourth dimension shows how the past can inspire the future By Jason Mark June 10, 2024 In this story: forests
4 Must-Read Books for Your Summer Reading List These stories bring our relationship to the natural world into greater focus By Jason Mark , Chloe Martinez , Jonathan Hahn , Claire Greenburger June 9, 2024 In this story: books, climate change
Nature Is for All of Us Black people face enough barriers to enjoying the outdoors—self-defeating stereotypes should not be one of them By Ben Jealous June 8, 2024
ICYMI: Garbage Balloons, Human Ice Packs, E-bike Rebates & Free Electricity Environmental news of the week for busy people By Paul Rauber June 7, 2024 In this story: Roundup
Climate-Change-Intensified Summer Heat Is Already Impacting Outdoor Recreation Could summer become a new offseason? By Alison Harford June 6, 2024 In this story: climate change