The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Rich Man, Big Tree
Taming the Garden is a fable for our era of vast inequity
forests
The Demise and Potential Revival of the American Chestnut
Before a disastrous blight, the American chestnut was a keystone species in eastern forests. Could genetic engineering help bring it back?
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forests
The Truth Behind Big, Beautiful Reforestation Initiatives
Trump’s “Trillion Trees” promise—and its potential under Biden
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forests
Forests to Burn
The biomass-energy industry is a climate and environmental justice disaster
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forests
The Fire Deficit
Who is responsible for the West’s wildfires?
Prescribed Burn Associations Are One Answer to California’s Megafires
Community groups seek to fill in the gap left by overtaxed agencies
New England Is Also on Fire
What a record fire season signals about the future of a wet state
In Brazil, a Sugarcane Rush Poses a New Threat to the Amazon Rainforest
Jair Bolsonaro’s rollback of restrictions opens the way for further deforestation
The Coming Coconut Crisis
Better stock up on coconut water, because coconut palms are dying out
Money to Burn
Forest advocates cry foul over converting post-fire trees into biomass energy
