How Communities Can Power Their Own Just Clean Energy Transition By Cinnamon Janzer June 30, 2024 The climate crisis presents an opportunity to rewrite everything from ownership to energy independence, all driven by communities themselves In this story: renewable energy, clean energy, solar, environmental justice
The Scorching Truth About Extreme Heat By Ben Jealous June 29, 2024 Broiling temperatures should be a wake-up call to act on climate change In this story: climate change
The Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Gutting Federal Environmental Protections By Jake Bittle and Zoya Teirstein June 28, 2024 Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and healthcare regulations In this story: Supreme Court, environmental law
Researchers Get Closer to Creating a Real-Life Jurassic Park By Darren Incorvaia June 28, 2024 Could bringing back extinct species serve a real conservation purpose? In this story: technology, endangered species
From Farmworker to Farm Owner-Operator By Claire Greenburger June 27, 2024 In California’s Salinas Valley, one organization is helping immigrant laborers start their own farm In this story: agriculture
EVs Have No Tailpipe Pollution, but There Are Still Problems When the Rubber Meets the Road By Melba Newsome June 26, 2024 Hint: There's something hiding in the tires In this story: electric vehicles, transportation, toxics
A New App Helps You Avoid Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Everyday Products By Jessian Choy June 25, 2024 The tool by Clearya also flags other toxic chemicals and suggests safer products In this story: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), health, technology
More-Than-Human Points of View By Ana Maria Spagna June 24, 2024 Stories explore the world through the eyes of other animals In this story: books, animals
Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why. By Ethan Freedman June 23, 2024 A bug is going to make your summers hotter In this story: climate change, urban planning, land use and planning, federal climate policy
Youths Win Landmark Settlement in Hawai'i That Enshrines “Life-Sustaining Climate Policy” Into Law By Dana Drugmand June 22, 2024 The outcome of the case marks a major victory for young climate activists In this story: climate change, environmental law
Reparations for Houston's Historically Black Neighborhoods By Aarohi Sheth June 21, 2024 How do you pay people for decades of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals? In this story: environmental justice, toxics, dirty fuels
Forest Service, Native American Tribes Partner to Promote Forest Resilience By Suzanne Bohan June 20, 2024 The consultation process puts tribal knowledge to work for forest management In this story: wildfire, indigenous communities
To Mark Juneteenth, Make Tulsa’s Black Wall Street a National Monument By Ben Jealous June 19, 2024 Let us remember that racial terror did not end with slavery In this story: racial justice
The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers By Jennifer Oldham June 18, 2024 Satellites can now detect invisible methane leaking from wells, telling crews on the ground where to plug the leaks In this story: methane
America's Disappearing Grasslands—and Grassland Birds By Michael Parks June 17, 2024 For migrating prairie birds, flyover country is an increasingly hostile place In this story: birds
One Last Day in Utah's Slickrock By Riley Black June 16, 2024 A job offer out of state called for a melancholy farewell to Arches National Park In this story: national parks
Carbon Capture Pipelines Are a Bad Deal By Ben Jealous June 15, 2024 So why aren’t elected officials helping to stop them? Follow the money. In this story: pipelines, dirty fuels, money in politics
Turbulence Rattles the Northeast's Nascent Offshore Wind Industry By Ashley Stimpson June 14, 2024 Tradeworkers are left hanging as offshore wind ambitions collide with industry woes In this story: offshore wind, renewable energy
What's the Sierra Club Been Up to Lately? By Lindsey Botts June 14, 2024 Alerts, campaign updates, and victories from Sierra Club volunteers and staff In this story: Roundup, current events, dirty fuels
The Annual Sugarcane Burning in Florida Involves Stark Injustices By Cynthia Barnett June 13, 2024 Black communities are disproportionately impacted by Big Sugar's agricultural practices In this story: environmental justice, air, agriculture