Communities in Malaysian Borneo are embracing micro-hydro as mega-dams leave them energy poor.
Fiona McAlpine
Of 100,000-Plus Species Assessed for IUCN Red List Update, Zero Improvements
Latest assessment stresses impact of human overexploitation, paints gloomy picture for our world's species.
Shreya Dasgupta
The Altering Face of the Mont Blanc Massif
Picture-postcard panoramas of the Western Alps hide the growing threat posed by its rapidly retreating glaciers.
Gemma Johnstone
The United States Is the Most Wasteful Country In the World
Each American produces more than 1,700 pounds of garbage a year, according to new report.
Jeff Turrentine
Bringing Nature Back to the Chicago Area
Ecological restoration has deep roots in the Midwest, where extraordinary community efforts have revived prairies, savannas, woodlands, and wetlands.
Christopher Johnson
Lion Shaped Mountain: The Embers of Abandonment
Following a big blaze, Sierra Leone’s chimpanzees must adapt to their new, scorched world.
Andrew Halloran
The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis
Despite our growing understanding of the climate crisis, we're still remarkably dependent on oil. This dependence sways US policy in the Middle East.
Michael T. Klare
Fighting for Animal Welfare on the Path Towards Animal Liberation
A conversation with Farm Sanctuary founder Gene Baur.
Aazan Ahmad
Trump Claims Environment Has Been Key Priority in White House Speech
The president touted his environmental record despite efforts to gut dozens of rules meant to safeguard air and water, stem the climate crisis.
Emily HoldenThe Guardian
Satellite Imagery Confirms Factory Farm Growth Is Major Cause of Lake Erie Algae Blooms
With the future of the Great Lake in question, environmental groups point to need for greater regulation of runoff from animal feeding operations.
Eric Sandy
The Hydroponic Threat to Organic Food
USDA’s organic certification of hydroponically grown produce is an example of conquest and colonization.
Dave Chapman
Park Service Reportedly Diverting $2.5 Million for Trump’s Fourth of July Jamboree
Critics concerned about cost of celebration, which will include battle tanks, fireworks, and a speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
David SmithThe Guardian
Plans for Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site in Kentucky Scuttled. Maybe.
US Bureau of Prisons has withdrawn the $500 million proposal, but Mitch McConnell says he’s going to make it “move forward.”
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Bush Sr. and the US’ Blatant Disregard of Palau’s Nuclear Free Goals
US was playing dirty politics in Palau in the 1980s when a reign of terror against anti-nuclear activists was unleashed in the remote Pacific Islands.
Ed Rampell
Blood-Thinning Rat Poisons Need to Be Strictly Regulated. A California Bill Aims to Do Just That.
AB 1788 advances in state senate; continues to face opposition from industry groups
Lisa Owens Viani
What if We Covered the Climate Crisis Like We Did the Start of the Second World War?
In the war, the purpose of journalism was to awaken the world to the catastrophe looming ahead of it. We must approach our climate crisis the same way.
