dirty fuels

Detritus of Pennsylvania's shale gas boom

Will the symphony of the Great Bear Rainforest be silenced by tar sands oil tankers?

The cleanup is winding down, but the question remains: Would you eat an oyster from the Gulf of Mexico?

Here's how to get there

Abruptly unwired, the author absorbs tales of warbles, bear peanuts, and a weird tattoo in the land of 24-hour sun

Even the coal industry's best friends are giving it the bad news: Demand is declining, reserves are vanishing, mountaintop removal is unacceptable, and emissions must be reduced. Slowly, surely, the United States is moving past coal.

The lights of Los Angeles would burn just as bright—except they might have to be LEDs

Wilderness lovers have fought for decades to protect the moose, salmon, and sublime vistas of America's "last frontier" from the ravages of oil development. Now America's coal companies want to leave their earth-scraping marks across the state.

Marisol Becerra, Chicago: Cofounder, Young Activists Organizing as Today's Leaders

Eyes peeled for terrorists, the Coast Guard missed the boat—and San Francisco Bay took an ugly hit