A Return to Gaia

In Review: Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

Sarah Boon

What If FEMA Didn’t Exist?

Could states handle the disaster response alone?

Ming Xie

What’s Next for a Warming Gulf Coast?

Driven by climate change, ‘tropicalization’ is upending ecosystems that millions of people rely on.

Jason Ruffin

‘Atomic Bamboozle’ Unpacks Another Nuclear Ballyhoo

A new documentary challenges the public relations campaign boosting nuclear power as the solution to the climate crisis.

Ed Rampell

By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

John R. Platt

Phoenix Is for Lovebirds

If this avian transplant can adapt to the heat, maybe we all can.

Kris Ann Valdez

Trump Aims to Crush Legal Curbs on His Climate Rollback — But it May Not Be Easy

The president-elect said he will ‘stop the wave of frivolous litigation from environmental extremists’ but the ability to block suits will be limited, experts say.

Dharna Noor The Guardian

Feds Preparing to Sign Off on Contentious Vermont Logging Plan

Environmental activists say the proposal threatens Green Mountain National Forest’s roadless areas and old-growth trees.

Will Solomon

The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Climate Disasters Compounded

Conditions for a January LA firestorm have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist.

Eric Holthaus The Guardian

Shuttered Radiation Lab Poses Ongoing Health Risks for California Bay Area Neighborhood

People living in the historically Black, working-class neighborhood near a toxic shipyard in Hunter's Point receive no better treatment than human radiation test subjects generations ago, say critics of US Navy.

Chris Roberts

The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2024

The past year brought big wins, major losses, and a bit of hope for 2025.

Jason Mark

California Needs to Get EV Battery Reuse and Recycling Right

Governor Newsom just vetoed a faulty battery bill. A revised 2025 version must address key shortcomings.

Sheila Davis

Bangladesh’s Shift Toward Salt-tolerant Agriculture Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience

Low-tech solutions have brought thousands of acres of farmland back into production.

Rachel Parsons

Global Plastics Treaty Delayed, but Not Defeated

Environmental advocates and Indigenous people keep up the fight for a legally binding and equitable agreement to end plastic pollution.

Jen Fela

Unthanksgiving Day

A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz.

Shannon Toll

Canada’s $5.1 Billion LNG Project Threatens the Rebounding Átl’ka7tsem

Squamish residents, Indigenous groups vow to continue opposing the Woodfibre LNG project.

Mia McBryde