Salmon Returned to California Creeks. Now Drought Has Too. After a wet fall, the recent lack of rain leaves fish eggs high and dry By Jeremy Miller February 16, 2022 In this story: salmon, fish, climate change
The Supreme Court v. A Livable Planet An upcoming climate case is nothing less than an attempt to dismantle modern government By Jason Mark and Rebecca Stoner February 15, 2022 In this story: Supreme Court, environmental law
Born to Bee Wild A new photo book looks at the secret lives of wild honeybees By Heather Smith February 14, 2022 In this story: insects, animals, science, forests, photography
Love in Antarctica Heartwarming valentine stories from the icy continent By Jamie Lafferty February 13, 2022 In this story: holidays
ICYMI: Artificial Olympics, EV Sales Surge & Yellowstone’s “Zone of Death” A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber February 12, 2022 In this story: climate change
Good News for Gray Wolves Judge reverses a Trump-era decision to remove many gray wolf populations from the endangered species list By Juliet Grable February 11, 2022 In this story: wolves
It’s the Beginning of the End for Oil Drilling in Los Angeles The backstory of how the nation’s second-argest city voted to move beyond oil By Judith Lewis Mernit February 10, 2022 In this story: oil
Welcome to the Dystopian Olympics! The Beijing games offer a bleak glimpse of a desolate future without winter By Paul Rauber February 9, 2022 In this story: sports
Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Frack With “Trade Secret” Chemicals, Including PFAS A year-long investigation sheds new light on how communities and regulators are kept in the dark By Jonathan Hahn February 9, 2022 In this story: fracking, PFAS, drilling, oil, toxics
24 Ways to Tell Your Valentine “I Love You Like You Love the Planet!” Sierra’s 2022 V-Day Gift Guide By Katie O'Reilly February 8, 2022 In this story: buyers' guide, holidays
So What the Heck Is Net Zero, Anyway? The latest in corporate greenwashing, explained By Nick Cunningham February 7, 2022 In this story: climate change
Funding to Clean Up Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Is on the Way. Now We Just Have to Find Them. Drone technology offers a promising new way to track down abandoned sites By Lance Frazer February 6, 2022 In this story: oil, dirty fuels
The Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists and the Butterflies Marianna Wright, executive director of the QAnon-attacked National Butterfly Center, gets candid with Sierra By Carson Vaughan February 5, 2022 In this story: borderlands, politics
ICYMI: Bye-Bye Waikiki, Excess Peafowl & Gonna Need a Bigger Boat A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber February 4, 2022 In this story: climate change
Plan a Plant-Based Year of the Tiger Usher in Lunar New Year with five Asian food bloggers’ fave vegan recipes By Aaron Mok February 3, 2022 In this story: vegan, food and drink, vegetarian
As “Ghost Owls” Approach Literal Ghosthood, So Do We As farms disappear, Iowa becomes less habitable for our longtime neighbor the barn owl By Brendan Curtinrich February 2, 2022 In this story: wildlife
11 National Park Sites Where You Can Honor Black History Month Go straight to the scenes that hatched pivotal moments in history this month By Noah Schlager February 1, 2022 In this story: national parks
Don’t Miss These Four Films About Activism Sundance films about social change to look for this year By Heather Smith January 31, 2022 In this story: film, environmental justice, climate change, politics, indigenous communities
The Best (and the Weirdest) Nature Films From Sundance Three nature films to look out for in 2022 By Heather Smith January 30, 2022 In this story: film, animals, wildlife, entertainment, science
Biden Administration Moves to Protect the Boundary Water Wilderness From Mining Decision marks a reversal to the Trump policy—and hopefully the happy end of this long-running conservation fight By Conor Mihell January 29, 2022 In this story: public lands