The Drought in the West Is Really Bad and It’s Gonna Get Worse
But there’s still hope if we start managing water differently and addressing climate change, both of which are making dry spells more extreme
Environment
An Old-Growth Tree Was Logged. Nobody Will Own Up to It.
You might think that British Columbia’s oldest forests are protected from commercial interests. You’re wrong.
This Eight-Year-Old Wants to Save the World from Plastic
Mabon wants to take responsibility for humankind’s gluttony for plastic products
Deb Haaland Suspended ANWR Oil Leases
Competence wins, as Biden’s Interior Secretary acts to protect America’s last great wilderness
This Is What Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Does for the Environment
Here’s how President Biden plans to address climate change, pollution, and public lands in the greatest detail we’ve seen so far
The Best Thing to do with a Former Mine? Turn It into a Trail.
We need more access to public lands. Reclaiming damaged landscapes like old mines and former nuclear sites can be a powerful part of the answer.
Watching My Dad Die Changed My Life
I study climate change, and my work left me depressed and suicidal. Then my dad got cancer.
The Wild Trips That Transformed a Scientist
Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan saw our relationship to the planet in a new way after a series of remarkable adventures
Fact-Checking Idaho’s Wolf Eradication Law
The state just passed a law calling for 90 percent of its wolf population to be killed. It’s based on fear and lies.
An All-Women Voyage to End Ocean Pollution
A 14-woman crew sets out on a mission to test microplastics levels in remote regions of the world’s oceans