Climate & Energy

All the environmental news ICYMI

The busy enviro's cheat sheet to what's happening on our planet

By Paul Rauber July 28, 2016

In this story: climate change, politics, endangered species

Coral bleaching, caused by unnaturally warm water temperatures, is killing reefs in the equatorial Pacific, including as much as half of the Great Barrier Reef.

Planes, Trains, and Self-Driving Automobiles

In Door to Door, Edward Humes takes us through the complex system of transportation in the United States

By Kyle Boelte July 28, 2016

In this story: transportation, books

Door to Door by Edward Humes (Harper, 2016)

5 Environmental Stories You Don't Want To Miss

By Sarah Robertson July 14, 2016

In this story: wildlife, oil, fracking, air

Holding Back the Waves

By Eilís O'Neill July 14, 2016

In this story: wetlands, oceans, climate change

Lentil Power

The story behind Timeless Seeds

By Amy Hassinger July 13, 2016

In this story: agriculture, solar, books

The Search For a More Accessible World

By Jessi Philips July 12, 2016

In this story: climate change, environmental justice

Oakland Defeats Proposed Coal Port While Bay Area Continues Exports

Residents complain coal trains, dust threaten public health

By Jason Mark July 6, 2016

In this story: coal, dirty energy, clean energy, environmental justice

In Review: Josh Fox’s How To Let Go of the World

By Ed Rampell June 20, 2016

In this story: film, climate change, activism

5 Environmental Stories You Don’t Want to Miss

By Meiling Bedard June 9, 2016

In this story: wilderness, coal, clean energy, congress, climate change

Florida's Big Oil National Preserve

Just north of the Everglades, Big Cypress welcomes oil drilling

By Kirk Nielsen June 9, 2016

In this story: saving wild places, drilling, dirty energy, America's National Parks, national parks

Canoe in mangroves, Everglades National Park