Ethan Freedman

Ethan Freedman is a reporter, writer, and editor who covers science, nature, the built environment, and the future.

Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why.

A bug is going to make your summers hotter

By Ethan Freedman June 23, 2024

In this story: climate change, urban planning, land use and planning, federal climate policy

This close up shot shows a number of Emerald Ash Borers that have fallen from an Ash tree, several days after it was injected with a pesticide into its trunk. | Photo by ziggy1/iStock

Conservation Could Get a Huge Boost on Millions of Acres

A new analysis shows most Americans support the proposal to make that happen

By Ethan Freedman July 29, 2023

In this story: public lands, saving wild places, federal climate policy, wilderness, Policy

An aerial view of the The San Pedro riparian area at dusk.