Your Fleece Jacket Pollutes the Ocean. Here’s the Possible Fix.
A large Canadian gear retailer is working on a project to trace the microplastics that come off its apparel in the wash and prevent them from entering local waterways
The Logging Company That Wants to Take Down Greenpeace
A Canadian company is suing Greenpeace for $220 million—and it might have a case
How to Get Started Bike Commuting
Everything you need to know—plus a few essential gear items
Hey Congress, Here’s Our Health Plan
Let’s reduce health care costs by getting outdoors, eating better, and pushing for progressive legislation
Trump Boasts 500,000 New Jobs—But Threatens 7.6 Million
The long-term impact of the president's first 100 days could destroy an industry with more jobs than oil and gas and automotive combined. Yep, you guessed it: outdoor rec.
How to Reason with the Climate Change Denier in Your Life
A new book by two philosophy scholars imagines conversations with skeptics and deniers. Here are four lessons we learned from it.
These 6 Activists Are Risking It All in the Name of Environmental Justice
The 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winners fight mining, poaching, and deforestation—sometimes at great personal risk
America’s 10 Most Threatened Rivers
For the last 30 years, American Rivers, a nonprofit advocacy group out of Washington, D.C., has been calling attention the plight of the country’s rivers. Today, the group released its annual Most Endangered Rivers report, a catalogue of the ten rivers in America most threatened in 2017.
The Defender: Tara Houska
Activist and lawyer
Activist Tara Houska on the Importance of Community
Watch to see how activist and lawyer Tara Houska answered.
Trump’s EPA Budget Plan: Slash Research and Go Easy on Polluters
A former EPA administrator breaks down what’s at stake with the president’s proposed 31-percent cut to the agency’s budget
The Lonely Beauty of the West’s Largest Unprotected Wilderness
Obama was supposed to safeguard Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands with a National Monument designation, but when that didn’t happen, its supporters were left wondering. What’s next?
15 Images That Prove Why We Desperately Need a Strong EPA
Almost 50 years ago, Richard Nixon commissioned a photography project called Documerica to illustrate miles and miles of environmental degradation, advocating for the need for the agency. The following are some of the most striking images from that project.
The Race to Bring Cruises to the Arctic
As Arctic sea ice melts, business for Alaskan passenger ships is booming. Can the fragile region handle the traffic?
