Alannah Acaq Hurley’s Watershed Moment An Alaska Native receives the Goldman Prize for her efforts to protect Bristol Bay from mining By Linnea Harris April 20, 2026 In this story: environmental justice, activism, climate change, salmon, women
How Americans Could Lose Their Voice in the Push to Build Big Projects Efforts to update the National Environmental Policy Act put its future in doubt By Hannah Story Brown April 21, 2026 In this story: federal policy, environmental law, environmental justice, public health, Trump
Art Can Help Us Form a Deeper Connection to the Planet Environmental art exhibits and installations to visit during Earth Month and beyond By Linnea Harris April 19, 2026 In this story: art, climate change
While Extreme Heat Bakes the US, Utah Moves to Protect the Fossil Fuel Industry A new law shields polluters from accountability for planet-warming emissions By Dana Drugmand April 17, 2026 In this story: environmental law, climate change, legislation, fossil fuels, dirty energy
Coal Gasification Attempts a Comeback The declining industry is looking for ways to revive itself By Nithin Coca April 13, 2026 In this story: coal, Trump, dirty energy, natural gas, climate change
We Mindlessly Interact With Plants Every Day. Here’s How to Do It Intentionally. Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob S. Suissa offer 101 ways to rediscover the familiar with “Let’s Botanize!” By McKenna Sweet April 5, 2026 In this story: books, science, Gee Whiz, climate change
The Trees That Grew Us As Earth Month gets underway, a look back in time to how forests shaped us By Riley Black April 1, 2026 In this story: earth day, forests, climate change, science
Meet the Kriller Queens Next-gen polar scientists challenge the status quo in Antarctica By McKenna Sweet March 31, 2026 In this story: women, science, conservation, climate change
What Happens When a Workforce Is Gutted? Researchers reflect on what was lost a year after the Trump administration dismantled scientific research By Caroline Van Hemert March 29, 2026 In this story: Alaska, federal policy, Trump, science, conservation
Why Mike Lee Is Waging War Against America’s Public Lands A man, a monument, and the battle for the future of conservation By Ash Sanders March 25, 2026 In this story: public lands, congress, federal policy, saving wild places, monuments