Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Frack With “Trade Secret” Chemicals, Including PFAS A year-long investigation sheds new light on how communities and regulators are kept in the dark By Jonathan Hahn February 9, 2022 In this story: fracking, PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), drilling, oil, toxics
24 Ways to Tell Your Valentine “I Love You Like You Love the Planet!” Sierra’s 2022 V-Day Gift Guide By Katie O'Reilly February 8, 2022 In this story: buyers' guide, holidays
So What the Heck Is Net Zero, Anyway? The latest in corporate greenwashing, explained By Nick Cunningham February 7, 2022 In this story: climate change
Funding to Clean Up Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Is on the Way. Now We Just Have to Find Them. Drone technology offers a promising new way to track down abandoned sites By Lance Frazer February 6, 2022 In this story: oil, dirty fuels
The Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists and the Butterflies Marianna Wright, executive director of the QAnon-attacked National Butterfly Center, gets candid with Sierra By Carson Vaughan February 5, 2022 In this story: borderlands, politics
ICYMI: Bye-Bye Waikiki, Excess Peafowl & Gonna Need a Bigger Boat A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber February 4, 2022 In this story: climate change
Plan a Plant-Based Year of the Tiger Usher in Lunar New Year with five Asian food bloggers’ fave vegan recipes By Aaron Mok February 3, 2022 In this story: vegan, food and drink, vegetarian
As “Ghost Owls” Approach Literal Ghosthood, So Do We As farms disappear, Iowa becomes less habitable for our longtime neighbor the barn owl By Brendan Curtinrich February 2, 2022 In this story: wildlife
11 National Park Sites Where You Can Honor Black History Month Go straight to the scenes that hatched pivotal moments in history this month By Noah Schlager February 1, 2022 In this story: national parks
Don’t Miss These Four Films About Activism Sundance films about social change to look for this year By Heather Smith January 31, 2022 In this story: film, environmental justice, climate change, politics, indigenous communities
The Best (and the Weirdest) Nature Films From Sundance Three nature films to look out for in 2022 By Heather Smith January 30, 2022 In this story: film, animals, wildlife, entertainment, science
Biden Administration Moves to Protect the Boundary Water Wilderness From Mining Decision marks a reversal to the Trump policy—and hopefully the happy end of this long-running conservation fight By Conor Mihell January 29, 2022 In this story: public lands
ICYMI: Toxic Yoga Pants, Land Back on the Lost Coast & SCOTUS Takes On WOTUS A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber January 28, 2022 In this story: climate change
How to Create a Happy, Equitable, Green World Start with creating one for yourself: Try radical hospitality, decolonized climate-aware therapy, and more surprising action items. By Jessian Choy January 27, 2022 In this story: activism, Ms. Green
Without Federal Protection, Yellowstone’s Wolves Are Being Decimated Outrage is mounting as hunters kill wolves near the park By Juliet Grable January 26, 2022 In this story: wolves
7 Signs That the Mainstream Has a Beef With Beef As the climate crisis intensifies, the plant-based lifestyle becomes increasingly conventional By Katie O'Reilly January 25, 2022 In this story: food and drink, vegetarian, vegan
“The Wall: Climb for Gold” Is a Quintessential Sports Film The documentary offers a gripping portrait of rock climbing’s first Olympians By Drew Higgins January 24, 2022 In this story: film, climbing
Don’t Just Look Up; Look Around To succeed, the climate movement must address the overlapping crises many of us face By Carolyn Norr January 23, 2022 In this story: climate change
How Do Ocean Wind Turbines Affect Wildlife? If a bird encounters a wind turbine at sea, will it fly around it? By Jared Brey January 21, 2022 In this story: offshore wind, clean energy, birds
ICYMI: A Thousand Whale Spouts, a New Coral Reef & Voting Rights Defeat A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber January 20, 2022 In this story: climate change