Heather Smith

Heather Smith is the former science editor at Sierra.

Climate Change: Even Worse Than We Thought

Things to get very gnarly by 2040, IPCC writes

By Heather Smith October 8, 2018

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, federal climate policy, international climate policy

Where’s My Termite Gasoline?

Underbug tells the tale of the strangest biofuel quest

By Heather Smith September 26, 2018

In this story: clean energy, wildlife, science, books, climate change

So WOTUS Is Legal. Now What?

Fewer strip malls and subdivisions, possibly

By Heather Smith September 26, 2018

In this story: clean water, agriculture, oil

Are States Trying to Stop Students From Voting?

It's gotten much harder to vote on many campuses. Here's how to do it anyway.

By Heather Smith September 4, 2018

In this story: voting rights

So You Want to Be a Wildlife Biologist?

First, learn statistics. Then, get on Twitter.

By Heather Smith August 27, 2018

In this story: education

ICYMI: Complex Fires and Off to Mars

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Heather Smith August 10, 2018

In this story: climate change

A 17 Million Car Pile-Up

The Trump administration’s plan to freeze tailpipe regulations could wreck the auto industry

By Heather Smith August 2, 2018

In this story: federal climate policy, transportation, air, politics, EPA

Why Did Trump Pardon Two Arsonist Ranchers?

The strange saga of Dwight and Steven Hammond

By Heather Smith July 12, 2018

In this story: public lands, politics, agriculture

Judge Dread

What could replacing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh do to the environment?

By Heather Smith July 9, 2018

In this story: environmental justice, federal climate policy, clean water, water, clean energy

ICYMI: Scott Pruitt Resigns, Spiders Go Electric, & More