Let It Burn: Congress Allows Flaring, Venting of Methane Gas An Obama-era regulation prevented waste, was good for the climate, created jobs. So it had to go. By Paul Rauber February 3, 2017 In this story: methane, dirty energy
This Super Bowl, Switch Up the Game Plan With These Satisfying Vegan Snacks America’s second-largest food holiday could use a little less meat and cheese By Drew Higgins February 3, 2017 In this story: vegan, food and drink, vegetarian
Indonesia Wants to Protect Its Peatlands—But First It Needs to Figure Out Where They Are How the Indonesian Peat Prize hopes to create a new standard in peat-mapping technology By Joanna Nix February 2, 2017 In this story: saving wild places
Honduras: The Deadliest Place on Earth to Defend the Planet A new report by Global Witness uncovers the awful regularity of political murders in Honduras By John Gibler February 2, 2017 In this story: activism
February Observing Highlight: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse The moon shines light on distant stars this month, and goes dim for a lunar eclipse By Kelly Kizer Whitt February 1, 2017 In this story: astronomy
Neil Gorsuch’s Family Has a Checkered History When It Comes to Environmental Protection Trump’s Supreme Court nominee could enact revenge against the EPA By David Helvarg February 1, 2017 In this story: politics, federal climate policy
Trump in the Anthropocene The president's pathologies point to why we got an "Anthropocene" in the first place By Christopher Schaberg February 1, 2017 In this story: climate change
Goodbye, Stream Protection Rule Not only is the GOP Congress going to kill it—they’re going to try to make sure that it never comes back By Paul Rauber February 1, 2017 In this story: politics, federal climate policy
Republicans Look to Roll Back the Antiquities Act The Trump White House and GOP Congress are targeting Utah's new Bears Ears National Monument By Jason Mark January 31, 2017 In this story: politics, national parks, America's National Parks, wilderness
Run, Women, Run! These organizations aim to end the gender disparity in government by getting women to run for office By Joanna Nix January 30, 2017 In this story: politics
The Parks' LGBTQ Pioneer Inside one millennial’s quest to visit every single national park system site By Patrick Fitzgerald January 29, 2017 In this story: national parks
The Science of the Snake Bite High-speed cameras take the rattlesnake strike out of the lab and into the natural world By Jason Daley January 28, 2017 In this story: wildlife
So You Marched. Now What? The night before the Women’s March on Washington, organizers were already reflecting on what comes next By Wendy Becktold January 28, 2017 In this story: activism, women
Think Your Household Is Sustainable? Think Again. New studies look at the interconnectivity of food production, energy, and water usage By Lela Nargi January 27, 2017
Hey Mr. Green! How Much CO2 Is Emitted From Power Tools? Mr. Green powers up the answer By Bob Schildgen January 26, 2017 In this story:
Wild & Free Check out 10 Canadian national parks offering complimentary admission in 2017 By Miriam Porter January 26, 2017 In this story: national parks
Radioactive Waste—Rolling Through Your Town? That truck next to you on the highway may contain “the most radioactively hazardous materials on Earth” By Carol Polsgrove January 25, 2017 In this story: nuclear
Breaking Badlands The rogue tweets from Badlands National Park that briefly stood up to the Trump administration By Jenna Schnuer January 25, 2017 In this story: public lands
Trump Moves to Revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines Environmentalists and native groups vow opposition in the courts and in the streets By Paul Rauber January 24, 2017 In this story: pipelines, politics
Spring Awakening The director of a new PBS documentary about Rachel Carson discusses the enduring conflict between technological innovation and the natural world By Katie O'Reilly January 24, 2017 In this story: EPA, film, water, clean water