Coal-Fired Power Plants Still Threaten Americans’ Health By Ben Jealous June 5, 2023 For people living near coal stations, pollution can be a matter of life or death In this story: environmental justice, coal, dirty energy
Even in Antarctica, Krill Are Eating Plastic By Niko Zlotnik June 5, 2023 Where is it coming from? And how is it affecting Antarctic animals? In this story: plastic, science, oceans, fish
Pikes Peak’s Innovative Adaptation to the West’s Water Crisis By Juliet Grable June 4, 2023 Yes, this is a feel-good story about mountaintop bathrooms In this story: hiking, water
What Is Queer Ecology? By Grace van Deelen June 3, 2023 Queer theory expands our relationship with nature In this story: LGBT, science
ICYMI: Spy Beluga, White Bison, Reviving Glaciers & Renewable Energy for Less Than Nothing By Paul Rauber June 2, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change, Roundup, current events
Why Squirrels Are Nuts for Acrobatics By Bethany Brookshire June 2, 2023 Squirrels’ antics take a mixture of morphology, motor skills, and moxie In this story: animals
Here’s Why Getting an Electric Vehicle at a Dealership Is So Hard By Grace van Deelen June 1, 2023 As demand for electric vehicles grows, dealerships struggle to make them available In this story: electric vehicles
Out of the Frying Pan, Onto the Farm By Bethany Brookshire May 31, 2023 Mid-size predators avoid big carnivores by hiding behind humans—and die for it In this story: science, animals
Drops of Hope Along the Colorado River By Morgan Sjogren May 30, 2023 After 174 years, the Navajo Nation is still trying to regain access In this story: indigenous communities, rivers, water
A Severe Shortage of Conifer Seedlings Is Thwarting Reforestation Projects in the West By Suzanne Bohan May 29, 2023 Here is what one firefighting agency, Cal Fire, is doing to respond In this story: wildfire, climate change
A DIY Guide to Micro-Adventures Text and photographs by Conor Mihell May 28, 2023 The joys of thinking small in the outdoors In this story: camping, adventure, wilderness
Can Anything Stop the Backyard Drillers? By Judith Lewis Mernit May 27, 2023 A California law banned them, but the oil industry won a do-over—and freedom to drill near homes, schools, and hospitals In this story: oil
ICYMI: Banning Helicopters, Trashing the Clean Water Act, Orcas Sinking Boats & Cities Sink Themselves By Paul Rauber May 26, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change, Roundup, current events
What We Cannot Permit By Ben Jealous May 26, 2023 The Republican plan for energy-permitting “reform” will end up sacrificing people and places In this story: dirty fuels, pipelines, clean water
Supreme Court Waters Down the Clean Water Act By Jason Mark May 25, 2023 In its latest ruling against environmental safeguards, SCOTUS decides that polluting or destroying some wetlands is OK In this story: Supreme Court, clean water, EPA
How Environmental Standards Could Become a Casualty of the Debt Ceiling Standoff By Grace van Deelen May 25, 2023 A deal to raise the debt ceiling could include faster permitting for fossil fuel projects In this story: fossil fuels, Inflation Reduction Act, politics, clean energy
New Study Shows Urban Lighting Disrupts Rural Insects By Louise Fabiani May 24, 2023 What’s the answer? Turn down the lights. In this story: insects, light pollution
How to Grow Mushrooms at Home: A Beginner’s Guide By Jacqueline Kehoe May 23, 2023 Growing mushrooms at home is an easy, family-friendly project requiring little space and no gardening experience. Here's how to get started. In this story: gardening, diy
The Last Human-Wild Collaborators By Deja Curtis May 22, 2023 Humans have collaborated with at least six wild species. Now it's down to three. In this story: wildlife, science
Fungal Disease Poses Looming Threat to Salamanders By Niko Zlotnik May 21, 2023 Ecologists try to stop it from reaching the Americas, home to more than half of all salamander species In this story: wildlife, science