ICYMI: Sexy Scotland, Sequoias Saved & Your Paint So White By Paul Rauber September 24, 2021 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
“You Can’t Change the Channel.” Late Night TV Show Hosts Take on Climate Change. By SIERRA Staff September 23, 2021 Sierra’s rundown of the good, the bad, and the surprisingly funny In this story: climate change
Rolling Down the River By Kietryn Zychal September 23, 2021 Graham Jordison is paddling the length of the Missouri River—and witnessing the causes and effects of climate change along the way In this story: rivers, hiking, climate change
The Creek Fire One Year Later By Jeremy Miller September 22, 2021 A dispatch from the front lines of the climate crisis In this story: wildfire, climate change, forests
Mitzi Jonelle Tan Pranks for Change By Wendy Becktold September 22, 2021 This youth activist from the Philippines wants Standard Chartered to stop financing fossil fuels In this story: climate change, activism
Biking While Black in Minneapolis: Extended Interviews By Patience Zalanga and Heather Smith September 21, 2021 The exhilaration and the grind of being a Black cyclist In this story: biking, urban living, transportation, racial justice
Catch the Train to Leaf-Peeping Paradise By Cassandra Brooklyn September 21, 2021 These fall foliage destinations can be reached sans airplanes or automobiles In this story: forests
California’s MAGA-Inflected Recall Carries Big Stakes for Climate Policy By Rebecca Stoner September 21, 2021 A new governor could upend gains made to respond to the climate crisis In this story: politics
Biking While Black in Minneapolis Adapted from an interview by Heather Smith and Patience Zalanga September 21, 2021 The simple freedom of moving yourself through space in a fraught city In this story: biking
Planned Obsolescence: What Is It and How to Overcome It By Sandra Goldmark September 20, 2021 Planned obsolescence is why we see software mysteriously slow down, furniture designed with hollow legs and cheap staples, and clothing burned because it can't sell fast enough. In this story: buyers' guide
The NIMBY Threat to Renewable Energy By Jim Motavalli September 20, 2021 In Vermont, everyone loves clean energy—when it comes from someplace else In this story: renewable energy
Beware the “Danger Tree” By Mary Roach September 19, 2021 An excerpt from the new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law In this story: books, animals
The Curious Case of the Dead Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore By James Steinbauer September 18, 2021 Wildlife advocates and the National Park Service are at odds over a spike in elk mortality In this story: wildlife
An Invitation to Save the Planet by Ending White Supremacy By Hop Hopkins September 18, 2021 A racist system that values some lives over others helps to fuel the climate crisis In this story: racial justice, climate change
ICYMI: Taco Bell Recycling, Underwater Bike Parking & Zebras on the Lam in Prince George's County By Paul Rauber September 17, 2021 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change
Hurricane Ida Leaves Trail of Destruction in Badly Polluted Cancer Alley Text and photographs by Julie Dermansky September 16, 2021 A visual record of how extreme weather impacts fossil fuel infrastructure In this story: photography, oil, climate change
Deb Haaland, A Living Testament By Jenni Monet September 15, 2021 The path to becoming the nation's first Native interior secretary In this story: public lands, indigenous communities, politics
Seeds of Resistance By Jason Mark September 15, 2021 Native-led campaigns are at the forefront of today's climate and justice movements In this story: public lands, indigenous communities
Can’t We All Just Get Along? By Ben Goldfarb September 14, 2021 Mary Roach’s new book, Fuzz, explores the management of human-wildlife conflicts In this story: books, wildlife
A Wonky Policy Proposal in the Reconciliation Bill Could Help Prevent Climate Chaos By James Steinbauer September 13, 2021 The Clean Electricity Payment Program is an essential part of the Democrats’ climate package In this story: clean energy