Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department to Halt Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico The upcoming sale was demanded by Senator Joe Manchin as a condition of passing the Inflation Reduction Act By Osha Gray Davidson March 7, 2023 In this story: oil, natural gas, drilling, offshore drilling
The Global Climate Breakdown: In Conversation With Rachel Kyte A foreign policy expert discusses climate trends to watch in 2023 By Steve Herz March 7, 2023 In this story: climate change
ICYMI: Cocaine Concrete, Snowbound California, Swimming Lions & Cheetahs Sometimes Prosper A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber March 2, 2023 In this story: climate change
The Forests of the Sierra Nevada Are Full of Zombies They’re big, they’re beautiful, they’re too hot to have babies. What next? By Grace van Deelen March 1, 2023 In this story: science, climate change, forests
“Harvest of Survivors”: 30 Years After Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” Into the HistoFuture Butlerverse By Ayana Jamieson February 22, 2023 In this story: books, climate change
Ski Resorts’ Snowmaking Quandary Mild winters and energy-intensive snowmaking are in a positive feedback loop By Jen Rose Smith February 22, 2023 In this story: climate change, snow sports
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation By Austyn Gaffney February 18, 2023 In this story: utility rates, oil, fracked gas, clean energy
ICYMI: Teen Hedgehog, London Beavers, Cacti in the Alps & Superbloom Is Back A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber February 17, 2023 In this story: climate change
Will the Biden Administration Greenlight ConocoPhillips’ “Carbon Bomb”? The Alaska project, known as Willow, would be the biggest oil and gas development on federal land By Adam Federman February 16, 2023 In this story: oil, natural gas, climate change
ICYMI: Woodpeckers’ Stolen Stash, Negative 108° in New Hampshire, Inflation-Proof Grazing & Trash Storks A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber February 10, 2023 In this story: climate change