Latest Articles
-
![A woman crosses a bridge over a creek]()
![A woman crosses a bridge over a creek]()
In New Mexico, a river runs through ‘the middle of a hellscape’
As climate change dries the state, the Pecos faces a growing threat as it runs through the Permian Basin oilfield.
-
![A group of women stand in a garden watering plants]()
![A group of women stand in a garden watering plants]()
Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but such projects in other nations have often fallen short.
-
![giant wind turbines in the blue water off the coast of Rhode Island]()
![giant wind turbines in the blue water off the coast of Rhode Island]()
The Louisiana wind industry’s plan for survival: Outlast Trump
Trump brought offshore wind development to a near standstill. Louisiana companies plan to "wait for the clock to run out" in 2029.
-
![An image from the movie Digger showing Tom Cruise's character addressing a government assembly]()
![An image from the movie Digger showing Tom Cruise's character addressing a government assembly]()
‘Digger’ has a lot of haters. Here’s why they’re wrong.
In trying to capture the absurdity of the climate crisis, Alejandro Iñárritu made something weird, messy, and downright thrilling.
-
![Senators Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Martin Heinrich hold a news conference on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.]()
![Senators Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Martin Heinrich hold a news conference on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.]()
The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart
A long-awaited permitting reform proposal would make renewables easier to build, but at a potential cost to communities and the environment.
-
![Workers board up the windows of restaurant in Gulf Breeze, Florida, to prepare for Hurricane Isaias.]()
![Workers board up the windows of restaurant in Gulf Breeze, Florida, to prepare for Hurricane Isaias.]()
Hurricane Isaias is a typical storm — but it’s also ‘astounding’
Hurricane season began all the way back in June, but Isaias is the first to form in the Atlantic, smashing a previous record.
-
![Collage of an Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Red-cockaded woodpecker, North Atlantic right whale, bull trout, and Florida panther]()
![Collage of an Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Red-cockaded woodpecker, North Atlantic right whale, bull trout, and Florida panther]()
Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.
Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater threats from industry and development.
-
![A farmworker hauls hoses into a field to water crops.]()
![A farmworker hauls hoses into a field to water crops.]()
From the farm to your door: How our global food system exploits workers
Colonialism and land dispossession created a system based on exploitation. Climate change is making it worse.
-
![]()
![]()
Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.
To power two new data centers, Carbon County is getting a giant gas plant and 456 small nuclear reactors. Locals are pushing back.
-
![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
The Northeast’s reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis
The war in Iran has sent heating oil prices soaring, and families may not be able to keep their homes warm this winter.
