The Skinny on California’s Big New Climate Legislation By R.L. Miller September 10, 2022 With backing from Governor Newsom, California is leading on climate action
ICYMI: California Baking, Wildlife Criminals, Right to Wade & Mind That Torque! By Paul Rauber September 8, 2022 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
The Manchin Side Deal Could Keep the Mountain Valley Pipeline Alive By Jonathan Hahn September 8, 2022 Community organizers resisting the project say they won’t be traded away In this story: climate change, pipelines
The Tale of the Trojan Trout By Jeremy Miller September 6, 2022 Can the introduction of a genetically modified invader save the West’s native fish? In this story: science, fish, technology
What It Means to Sign On to the New Outdoorist Oath By Heather Hansman September 5, 2022 A fresh nonprofit celebrates the nexus where the planet, inclusion, and adventure intersect In this story: activism, adventure
The Black Dunes of Detroit By Nancy Dziedzic September 4, 2022 A Downriver childhood In this story: transportation, clean energy, dirty energy, racial justice
Want to Go Off-Grid? Don’t Buy a Big House. By Anrica Deb September 3, 2022 How our family’s quest to go carbon neutral hit a very big snag In this story: renewable energy, utility rates, clean energy, lifestyle, science
ICYMI: Too Much Water, Not Enough, Russian Defenestration & the End of an Unknown People By Paul Rauber September 2, 2022 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
Environmental Justice Advocates Respond to the Inflation Reduction Act By Tatum McConnell September 1, 2022 While some celebrate the billions of dollars for disadvantaged communities, others say compromises in the act put those same communities at risk In this story: climate change, Inflation Reduction Act
What It Will Take to Build a Broad-Based Movement for a Just Transition By David Bacon August 31, 2022 Environmental and labor organizers reflect on hard-won lessons In this story: environmental justice, climate change, labor
An Arctic Village Is Reclaiming Indigenous Architecture By Karen Gardiner August 30, 2022 Can traditional techniques protect against an uncertain future? In this story: travel, lifestyle, Alaska
Solar and Wind Poised to Soar After New Climate Law By Nick Cunningham August 29, 2022 Transmission bottlenecks remain a key hurdle for faster growth In this story: renewable energy, climate change, Inflation Reduction Act
DIY Meadows By Kat Tancock August 28, 2022 Bringing back the Indigenous ecosystems that Victoria, British Columbia, lost after colonization In this story: ecosystems
New Spit Answers Raise More Spit Questions By Heather Smith August 27, 2022 Mucin, a key building block of saliva, is extremely good at evolving In this story: science, health, animals
ICYMI: Buddhas Revealed, Republicans Hating On Trees, Polio Is Back & Rebranding Swastika Mountain By Paul Rauber August 26, 2022 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
Three Ecological Lessons From Toni Morrison By Paige Curtis August 24, 2022 The Nobel winner had a keen eye for the natural world In this story: books, racial justice, environmental justice, saving wild places, animals
Ready to Chill Out? Look No Further Than Nature’s Fractals. By Lance Frazer August 24, 2022 Studies suggest that as we turn our backs on shapes in nature, we’re losing our sense of place and home In this story: lifestyle
Citizen Scientists Rally for Pacific Northwest Monarchs By Juliet Grable August 23, 2022 The butterflies made a showy return this year after a long absence In this story: insects
Inherit the Dust By Jeremy Miller August 22, 2022 The Colorado River is running out of water. No place will be more affected than the arid metropolis of Phoenix. In this story: climate change
What Is the Life of an Urban Cricket? By Hannah Loss August 21, 2022 Listening to the city’s conductors In this story: insects