Mega CAFOs on the Chesapeake Chicken farms housing millions of animals threaten a fragile ecology By Tracy Tullis October 7, 2023 In this story: concentrated animal feeding operation
ICYMI: Fluorescent Dormice, Gobsmacking Heat, Lifetime Limits on Flying & At Least We’ll Have Coffee A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber October 6, 2023 In this story: climate change, Roundup, current events
Notes on the UAW Strike: The Clean Energy Transition Must Be a Just Transition Union members must benefit from the move to electric vehicles By Ben Jealous October 6, 2023 In this story: green jobs, electric vehicles, transportation
If You Build It, EVs Will Come Here's how EV adopters are looking to expand the electric superhighway By Nicole Pollack October 5, 2023 In this story: electric vehicles
The UAW Strike Is About the EVs The union doesn’t want the transition to electric vehicles to be a “race to the bottom” By Jim Motavalli October 5, 2023 In this story: electric vehicles
We Don't Need Another Green Anti-Hero Can Hollywood get beyond its stereotypical portrayals of environmentalists? By Don Carr October 4, 2023 In this story: film, environment
Switzerland Grapples With the Return of Gray Wolves A new law will make it easier for provinces to cull wolf packs. Will they survive? By Christian Elliott October 3, 2023 In this story: wolves
Could Fire Be the Solution to the East Coast’s Tick Woes? How researchers hope to use an old technology to stop the spread of tick-borne diseases By Nathan Gilles October 2, 2023 In this story: habitat restoration, wildlife, saving wild places, disaster relief, forests
Sandhill Crane Spotting Is Alive and Well in Nebraska Each year, the ancient species traverses North America's distinct flyways By Katie O'Reilly October 1, 2023 In this story: birds, wildlife
What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for the Environment and Public Health? Most national parks will close, EPA will shutter, food inspections will cease By Juliet Grable September 30, 2023 In this story: congress, national parks, politics
Fall Birding Tips It’s migration season, and birds are on the move. Here’s how you can best observe them. By Conor Mihell September 30, 2023 In this story: birds
Our Public Lands Need More Land and More Public Public lands aren’t truly public if people don’t feel welcomed there By Ben Jealous September 29, 2023 In this story: public lands
ICYMI: Flamingos in Michigan, Porpoise-Killer Whales, Don’t Breathe the Smoke & Range Extension on Toy Sharks A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber September 29, 2023 In this story: Roundup, climate change
Are the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Working? Climate action is a fundamental part of the goals, but progress has fallen behind By Emily Driehaus September 28, 2023 In this story: climate change, international climate policy
Why One of the Nation’s Most Crucial Environmental Laws Is Being Modernized Environmental groups are cautiously optimistic about new NEPA rules By Lindsey Botts September 27, 2023 In this story: clean energy, environmental justice, environmental law
Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States By Austyn Gaffney September 26, 2023 In this story: coal, coal ash, health, water, toxics
How to Think Like a Watershed The Platte Basin Timelapse turns science into photographic poetry By Carson Vaughan September 25, 2023 In this story: photography, water, saving wild places, wildlife
Native Welder Crafts Artwork to Help Free the Snake River Salmon A steel sculpture will be the centerpiece of a Pacific Northwest tour calling on the US government to honor its treaties with Indigenous nations By Jason Mark September 24, 2023 In this story: salmon, indigenous communities, rivers
On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing This year’s sponsors included some of the most notorious polluters By Marlowe Starling September 23, 2023 In this story: climate change, corporate accountability, oil, fracked gas, plastic
For New York City, Cutting Tailpipe Pollution Needs to Start at Home It’s time for the city to transition its automotive fleet to electric vehicles By Ben Jealous September 23, 2023 In this story: electric vehicles