The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Indigenous Languages Open Up a Window Onto the Natural World
A nature-centric worldview is often reflected in tribal vocabulary
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indigenous communities
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Setting the Record Straight on an Important Piece of Black History
Leadership often runs in the family
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racial justice
ICYMI: Valentine From Mercury, Why Blueberries Are Blue, Turning Hurricanes Up to 6 & Time for the Space Umbrella?
Environmental news of the week for busy people
Is a Big Patch of Protected Land Better Than Many Small Patches?
Landscape experts have been entrenched in this debate for decades. Now some of them are joining forces to find an answer.
What’s the Greenest Way to Keep Things Cool?
Less-toxic alternatives to gel packs, dry ice, and Styrofoam coolers
Black History Told Through America’s Public Lands
Check out these monuments, parks, and sites on your next outdoor adventure
The Largest Herbarium in Brazil’s Amazon Is Under Threat
A crucial resource for understanding carbon sequestration could go up in flames without necessary investments
The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’s White River
Once considered one of the most polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback?
The Biden-Harris Administration’s LNG Decision Is the Hope Young People Have Been Waiting For
"Cancer Alley" is just one example of LNG's dirty legacy
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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Vermont, Other States Push for “Climate Superfund” Bill to Hold Polluting Companies Accountable
Climate-driven extreme weather is wreaking havoc across the country. Lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay.
Too-Wide Cars, Unpopular Protesters, Crabs Prefer Garbage & Baiting Bears With Donuts
Environmental news of the week for busy people
How to Restore a Watershed in the Southwest
These community organizers are finding nature knows best when it comes to healing New Mexico’s waterways
How to See Through the Lens of Empathy, Compassion, and Conscience
“Seeing It All” lifts up the work of 11 cutting-edge female photographers
How to Baffle a Beaver
A simple trick turns destructive urban pests into valuable ecosystem engineers
Online Games Can Deepen Our Attention to Ecology
Some of the best conservation tools embrace the desire to play
The Push to Save the Coho at Dry Creek
The Warm Springs Dam isn’t coming down anytime soon. Conservationists want to use it to help save salmon.
We Don’t Need to Reinvent Energy Storage for the Renewables Era
Decades-old, yet reliable, technologies are making a comeback as batteries for wind and solar power
Biden Administration: No New LNG Export Terminals
The White House calls a pause until the climate threat of methane gas is fully evaluated
ICYMI: Bigfoot or Big Bear, Biden Pauses LNG Terminals, Four New Penguin Colonies & Solar Panels on the Pentagon
Environmental news of the week for busy people
“A Real Bug’s Life” Magnifies Little Lives—and Underscores the Importance of Biodiversity
The new National Geographic docuseries explores the itsy-bitsy wonder, and grand importance, of insects
