Yes, You Can Line-Dry Clothes in the Dead of Winter By Jen Rose Smith March 9, 2023 The science of letting your chonies freeze In this story: science, energy efficiency, home, lifestyle
How Women Are Transforming Leadership for Climate Justice By Mallory McDuff March 8, 2023 An International Women’s Day love letter In this story: women, books
Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department to Halt Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico By Osha Gray Davidson March 7, 2023 The upcoming sale was demanded by Senator Joe Manchin as a condition of passing the Inflation Reduction Act In this story: oil, natural gas, drilling, offshore drilling
The Global Climate Breakdown: In Conversation With Rachel Kyte By Steve Herz March 7, 2023 A foreign policy expert discusses climate trends to watch in 2023 In this story: climate change
The Mysterious Death of the Bumblebee Queens By Niko Zlotnik March 6, 2023 Bumblebee colonies are being used by farms to pollinate—with unexpected consequences In this story: science, insects, agriculture
Opening a New Chapter in the Fight Against Fossil Fuels By Alec Connon March 5, 2023 It’s time to shut off the financial spigot that goes from Wall Street to the wellheads In this story: fossil fuels
An AI That Sees Bird Futures By Grace van Deelen March 4, 2023 Using citizen data to predict where the birds go In this story: science, animals, birds
Listening to Lead By Ben Jealous March 3, 2023 Recent conversations with Sierra Club members across the US illustrated the power of grassroots advocacy In this story: activism
When Life Gives you Wildfires, Go Looking for Morels By Kate Golden March 2, 2023 In which the author attempts to cope with fire season by eating her way through the burn zone In this story: food and drink
ICYMI: Cocaine Concrete, Snowbound California, Swimming Lions & Cheetahs Sometimes Prosper By Paul Rauber March 2, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
Can the Northern California Summer Steelhead Be Saved in Time? By Krissy Waite March 2, 2023 A report lists the status of the fish as “critical” In this story: endangered species, fish
The Forests of the Sierra Nevada Are Full of Zombies By Grace van Deelen March 1, 2023 They’re big, they’re beautiful, they’re too hot to have babies. What next? In this story: science, climate change, forests
River Rights Gone Wrong in California By Michael Shapiro February 28, 2023 In the Golden State, dwindling water resources are increasingly a source of conflict In this story: water, rivers, indigenous communities
Katherine May’s Call to Rediscover “Enchantment” By Katherine May February 27, 2023 A new book explores the work of everyday wonder In this story: books, inspiring connections outdoors
How to Greenwash an Attack on a Major Environmental Law By Osha Gray Davidson February 27, 2023 An effort to whittle down the National Environmental Protection Act isn’t new—but the arguments for doing so sure are In this story: legislation, environmental law
African Joy on the White Continent By Sarah Ladipo Manyika February 26, 2023 An excerpt from the new book "Between Starshine and Clay" In this story: books, inspiring connections outdoors
“Please Pray for EP”: How East Palestine Village Is Coping Three Weeks After a Toxic Train Derailment By Austyn Gaffney February 25, 2023 The Norfolk Southern train disaster is the latest example of a petrochemical boom threatening the safety of communities In this story: toxics
A Year of War: An Energy Justice Take on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine By Sandy Smith-Nonini February 24, 2023 What Putin’s war can teach us about energy transitions and political will In this story: environmental justice, economic justice, renewable energy, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fracked gas
It Shouldn’t Take a Fiery Crash and a Toxic Spill to Push Action on Railroad Safety By Ben Jealous February 23, 2023 The disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, is an awful reminder of the dangers faced by working-class communities In this story: toxics
“Harvest of Survivors”: 30 Years After Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” By Ayana Jamieson February 22, 2023 Into the HistoFuture Butlerverse In this story: books, climate change