The Magazine of The Sierra Club
“Humanity Has a Choice”: A Roundup of Some of the Best Speeches at COP27
Global leaders urge cooperation to avert the worst impacts of climate change
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood the UN Climate Talks in Egypt
Corporate mouthpieces outnumber the representatives of nearly all countries
A Veteran Finds Freedom and Healing in Nature
Time outdoors helps a vet recover from a stroke
ICYMI: Sinister Rainbows, Gloomy Octopus, Toad Lickers & Hero Lynx
A weekly roundup for busy people
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climate change
On Veterans Day, a Marine Veteran Reflects on the Benefits of Time Outdoors
It turns out that nature really *is* healing
COP27 a "Make or Break Moment" for Loss and Damage Finance
Here's a primer on what "loss and damage" is all about
What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Climate Action and the Environment
Hope for a greener future survives the “red wave” that wasn’t
These Americans Quit Flying for the Planet
What they learned after taking the #FlightFree pledge
A Red Line for Climate Greenwashing
UN expert panel at COP27 warns that many net-zero pledges are more like “creative accounting”
Election Disruptors Set Their Sights on Democracy
There's a lot you can do to help shore up our election systems
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politics
The Chumash Resume Their Obligation
The co-managers of the nation’s newest national marine sanctuary off central California have ecosystem-management experience going back millennia
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national parks
How Women Skiers Won a Landmark Equality Victory
This winter all cross-country skiers will race equal distances
California Needs More Fire
Why is it still so hard to start a prescribed fire in California?
ICYMI: Newest Owl, Farthest Migration, Biggest Oil Profits & Largest Tusker
A weekly roundup for busy people
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climate change
The Global Climate Breakdown: Does Climate Change Violate International Law?
A leader from Vanuatu discusses an effort to bring climate change before the International Court of Justice
Biden Suggests a Windfall Profits Tax on Fossil Fuel War-Time Profiteering
What a proposed tax on excessive oil profits would do
To Protect Wild Rice, Tribes and Universities Have Formed an Unlikely Collaboration
Working with tribal scientists has pushed University of Minnesota researchers to think bigger about their research
Do Animals Have Culture Too?
From monkeys washing potatoes to cockatoos raiding trash cans, socially spread behaviors allow creatures to adapt
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animals
Lost Bear, Lost Human
I thought long COVID had ended my wildlife adventures—but then the wildlife came to my backyard, looking for help
From Species Extinction With Love
In"Dinosaurs," Lydia Millet considers what one person can do as the planet teeters on the edge
