The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
When Plastic Companies Write the Lesson Plans
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
The Rush to Power Data Centers Is Weakening the Clean Air Act
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
The Summer We Love Is Slipping Away
From the Southwest to the Jersey shore, climate change is altering the traditions and norms that have defined summer for generations.
From the Southwest to the Jersey shore, climate change is altering the traditions and norms that have defined summer for generations.
When Ocean Temperatures Increase, So Does Child Malnutrition on Land
Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.
Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don’t know why it happens.
How to Deal With Burnout on a Burning Planet
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to two readers facing paralysis from different points in their climate journeys.
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to two readers facing paralysis from different points in their climate journeys.
New Research Shows the World Isn’t Doing Nearly Enough to Fix Its Food Problem
Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.
Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.
In the American West, Wildfire Comes for the Suburbs
Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness.
Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness.
‘Starwashing’: The New Space Race Has an Environmental Problem
Tech billionaires say they want to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
Tech billionaires say they want to make life better on Earth. Here’s what they’re not talking about.
The Great American Road Trip Is in Peril
Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
Along my family’s 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
Offshore Wind Power Projects Are Flailing, Just When the East Coast Needs Them Most
Delays and setbacks threaten offshore wind expansion as East Coast states seek cleaner energy and more reliable power.
Delays and setbacks threaten offshore wind expansion as East Coast states seek cleaner energy and more reliable power.
Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons the World Needs
Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world.
Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world.
Even Meteorologists Are Baffled by the Midwestern Tornado Season
More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them.
More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here’s how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them.
In a Drier World, Some Infectious Diseases Are Unexpectedly Thriving
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.
US Army Corps Approves a Pipeline Project It Knows Harms Indigenous Lands
The proposal to replace an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribal nations say the federal review violates treaty rights.
The proposal to replace an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribal nations say the federal review violates treaty rights.
Mining Executives Bought Stock in Their Own Firm Days Before Trump Shrank Bears Ears
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.