All Environment
- Deepwater Horizon: What we learned from worst oil spill ever
An Arctic Circle oil spill is challenging Russia’s efforts to contain it, as scientists reflect on the worst spill in history 10 years ago.
- Will the wolf survive? Battle over ‘los lobos’ heats up Southwest.
In New Mexico and Arizona, a 24% increase in Mexican gray wolves is cause for celebration – and consternation.
- The love seat: A comic about climate change
Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich once agreed that “our country must take action to address climate change.” What happened?
- Bluer skies, less greenhouse gas. What happens after the pandemic?
Around the world people are making personal sacrifices benefiting others. Researchers say we need policies that require sacrifice for climate change.
- Of plovers and pandemics: Reflections on resilience from Sandy Point
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts nearly every aspect of human life, one writer finds comfort in the natural rhythms of the earth.
- Coronavirus conundrum: What do we do when nature gets crowded?
Coronavirus social distancing rules ban large gatherings. So as people find refuge in parks and on hiking trails, what should officials do?
- Boston’s car-free streets offer glimpse of low-carbon future
With stay-at-home orders emptying city streets, residents of Boston are getting a glimpse of a possible future in which the car is no longer king.
- A new vision for farming: Chickens, sheep, and ... solar panels
Situating photovoltaic panels and food production together may ease land-use tensions between solar and agriculture, say some experts.
- First LookWith humans stuck at home, Mother Nature takes over
Researchers are discovering what happens in nature when people step back. Cleaner air and roaming wildlife are giving us "extraordinary insight into just how much of a mess we humans are making of our beautiful planet," says one scientist.
- Plant, restore soil, repeat. Could nature help curb climate change?
“Nature-based solutions” are the latest climate buzzwords. But what does it mean to do this well?
- First LookMeet the young climate activists undeterred by coronavirus
Slowed by the pandemic, climate activists across the world are turning to technology to keep their movement alive. First on the agenda: virtual Earth Day.
- How Earth Day united a nation in crisis and sparked a global movement
Denis Hayes, organizer of the first Earth Day, reflects on 50 years of environmental activism.
- Nature is a balm. Even when you can’t leave home.
Feeling hemmed in by stay-at-home orders? Try a nature experience. Even a small one offers respite.
- Can a town go fossil fuel-free? Takoma Park is about to see.
Takoma Park, Maryland, aims to become a fossil fuel-free community by 2045, a feat that has not been done before in the U.S.
- How John McCain and a cabin in the woods inspired an environmentalist
Benji Backer marries two passions – conservative politics and the outdoors – in organizing other students to embrace conservation.
- First LookMeaningless or impactful? Climate community debates 2050 goals
In order to keep global warming to a limit of 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the European Commission proposes carbon emissions must reach net zero by 2050. Climate activists called that goal "giving up," saying more needs to be done sooner.
- Paradise lost? Developer sizes up S.C. island for ecotourism
An ecotourism project on a barrier island pits conservationists against a developer who argues for wilderness to be managed, not set aside.
- Is transparency always a good thing? EPA weighs controversial new rule.
The Environmental Protection Agency is mulling a proposal to give preference to scientific research whose datasets and models are publicly available.
- The secret to sustainably farming the Amazon? The ‘miracle’ Inga tree.
Across the Amazon, trees have historically been viewed as obstacles to agricultural progress. A local NGO is challenging that mindset.
- Can these young conservatives tug Republicans toward climate action?
The youngest wing of the Republican Party is grasping for a conservative voice in the climate policy discussion.