News & Commentary

Lake Erie’s New Invasive Species May Be Tiny, But Its Ranks Run Deep

October 11, 2018 DispatchMidwestJason Bittel

Here are billions of new reasons Congress shouldn’t go soft on ballast water.

In Utah, Industry Pounces on What Were, Not Long Ago, Our Public Lands

October 10, 2018 DispatchUtahStarre Vartan

Cobalt mining and other interests lay claim to Grand Staircase–Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, rankling local communities tied to these lands.

When Art Mimics Highway Signage

October 9, 2018 PerspectivesNew York City, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

Caution: Climate change ahead.

The Nihilism of Trump’s Climate Policy

October 5, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The administration cites the likelihood of catastrophic global temperature rise to justify gutting fuel-efficiency standards. Yes, you read that correctly.

Making Art and Environmental Activism One and the Same

October 5, 2018 NRDC in ActionNew York, Illinois, ChicagoNicole Greenfield

Director of art partnerships Elizabeth Corr is the visionary behind NRDC’s artist-in-residence program, its museum collaborations, and its mission to fuse art and advocacy.

A Federal Court Revokes Construction Permit, Delivering a Blow to the Mountain Valley Pipeline

October 3, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

The Trump administration’s slapdash approval process for fossil fuel projects just isn’t standing up to legal review.

No Man’s Land—Nor Lion’s, Elephant’s, or Rhino’s

October 2, 2018 PerspectivesUnited StatesDavid Best

In photographer Nick Brandt’s landscape installations, the past collides with a dismal present.

In Nevada, Hitching a Hoop House to a Hospital for a Community in Need

October 1, 2018 DispatchNevadaJodi Helmer

Gardeners, students, and health-care workers in Carson City are coming together to fight food insecurity.

House Republicans Back a Pro-Extinction Package

September 28, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

These nine bills would weaken the Endangered Species Act—and put our nation’s wildlife at risk.

How Did Farmer Brown Bring His Dying Land Back From the Brink?

September 28, 2018 PerspectivesNorth DakotaJeff Turrentine

By focusing on soil health, this North Dakota rancher didn’t just save the family homestead—he made it flourish.

What the Eight Latest Bird Extinctions Can Tell Us

September 27, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

A new study of critically endangered birds finds a “wave of extinctions washing over the continents.”

As Black Lung Strikes Younger Coal Miners, Kentucky Restricts Medical Benefits

September 24, 2018 DispatchKentuckyAustyn Gaffney

Coal is getting harder to get to—and that’s contributing to a respiratory epidemic among miners.

Climate Deniers Are Bullies, and Science Teachers Aren’t Going to Take It Anymore

September 21, 2018 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Pressured for years to “teach the controversy,” educators have banded together to expel anti-science forces from their classrooms.

Chicago’s Buildings Need to Help Protect Its River. That Means You Too, Trump Tower.

September 20, 2018 DispatchChicagoSusan Cosier

The president’s hotel uses more river water than any other building and has been chronically out of compliance with the Clean Water Act.

Climate Leaders Made History Last Week

September 17, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Here’s why we left the Global Climate Action Summit feeling hopeful.

The Race to Develop Offshore Wind—and Protect Endangered Whales

September 17, 2018 DispatchEast, Rhode IslandNicole Greenfield

As Northeast states make impressive commitments to this clean energy source, scientists are helping them stay out of the way of marine mammals.

Hey, Army Corps of Engineers—Show Us Your Work in Your DAPL Report

September 14, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Despite a court order to reassess the Dakota Access Pipeline’s environmental impact, the agency won’t share the results of its new study.

A Decade on the California Delta

September 12, 2018 DispatchCaliforniaDarcy Eveleigh

Photographer Max Whittaker shows us the many faces of the delta, including its strange and fascinating history and the challenges complicating its future.

Tracking Climate Commitments from the Global Climate Action Summit

September 12, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Leaders from around the world are gathering in San Francisco right now for the largest climate event ever held in the United States. Here are all the pledges made so far.

Confessions of a Bad Reptile Owner

September 12, 2018 PerspectivesUnited StatesJason Bittel

I released Misty the Chinese water dragon into the Pennsylvania wild—but don’t be like me. There are other options.