The Wild File: Dead Pool
Q. What is "dead pool?" A. Trouble, that's what. Dead pool is the level at which water can no longer be released from a reservoir. Take Lake Powell, on the Colorado River. Glen Canyon Dam's lowest...
Elizabeth Hightower
The Wild File: Most Powerful Species
Q. What is the most powerful species? [sidebar img=1482906 | hed=Wild File Salmon][/sidebar] A. You mean like whether a wolverine could take down Nancy Pelosi? Yawn. Today's power animals are the...
Al Gore: Mr. Climate Is Back!
The former VP talks about his new, solutions-based book.
Creating Conservation Communities
There's a bold new idea on the front edge of conservation: Let's treat people as well as we treat animals.
Earth Is Hiring
The next great employment wave? Enviro jobs. Now all I gotta do is land one.
Obama's Bedside Cabinet
Our official reading list for the bibliophile in chief
Give It Up for the Sun King
MIT's Daniel Nocera has a recipe for taking solar power mainstream. It all starts with a tall glass of water
Snow Job?
Carbon offsets are cool, but they don't really make ski resorts eco-friendly. So says the Aspen Skiing Company's Auden Schendler—whether the rest of the ski industry likes it or not.
The Price Is Wrong
If you thought the drilling frenzy out west was temporary, think again. But there's a right way to do it, and it's up to the next president to lead the charge.
Charged!
Going off the grid, one Gatorade-soaked onion at a time
The Upside of Downturn
Could a tanking economy be great for the planet?
The Slime Solution
Ethanol is so 2007. The future of biofuels is all about chocolate, chicken litter, and, yes, algae.
The Thrill Is Gone
In 2007, green was the new black. A year later, are eco-celebs and enviro wrist-slappers killing the mood?
Magnetic South
Patagonia's wild peaks and blue glaciers have long been the ultimate lost frontier. Now an American gone gaucho is carving out an incredible new trekking kingdom in Chile's vast, unspoiled Ays�n...
We Sing the Slopes Fantastic
Our big roundup of supercool North American ski hills serves up 20 rides of your life—and tells you where to kick back in style
