News & Commentary

Meet the Waste Watcher

August 13, 2015 NRDC in ActionNew York City, United StatesSarah Engler

NRDC scientist Dana Gunders has written the book on the mounting problem of food waste.

Killing KXL

August 12, 2015 NRDC in ActionCanada, Nebraska, Washington, D.C., United States

How an unlikely coalition of environmental activists stopped the destructive tar sands oil pipeline.

Thanks, Chevron?

August 5, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, Washington, D.C.Brian Palmer

How a 1984 Supreme Court ruling for Big Oil could help Obama’s new plan to fight climate change.

CSI: Seahorse Key

July 21, 2015 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

When birds suddenly up and abandon their nests by the thousands, who or what is to blame?

NIMBY By Any Other Name

July 16, 2015 DispatchMarylandJeff Turrentine

Light-rail proponents in Maryland just won support from their Republican governor. Why is a self-styled “environmental” group standing in their way?

Plight of the Panther

June 30, 2015 DispatchFloridaKim Tingley

What happens when preserving a species makes it unpopular?

Actually, That's Not Right

June 26, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, Washington, D.C.Jeff Turrentine

Calling the (many) bluffs of the Clean Power Plan’s coal-loving, credulity-straining opponents.

Sawfish Virgin Births—Nature’s Hail Mary

June 10, 2015 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

Scientists have discovered that smalltooth sawfish can reproduce without sex. But can parthenogenesis save the species?

Accident at Indian Point

May 14, 2015 Latest NewsNew YorkBrian Palmer

Is it safe to operate a nuclear reactor 34 miles from 8.4 million people?

Swamped by Global Warming

April 22, 2015 Latest NewsFloridaBrian Palmer

On Earth Day, President Obama calls on us to save the Everglades from myriad problems—but climate should be the first one on the list.

The Silent Killer

April 17, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, New YorkClara Chaisson

Extreme heat kills more often than we think, and climate change is only going to turn it up a notch.

Empty Nests

April 9, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaSarah Craig, Rocky Kistner

A Louisiana oysterman wants to pass on his trade to his grandkids—if only there were any oysters left to catch.

Mutated Truths

April 7, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaSarah Craig, Rocky Kistner

Five years after the BP disaster, the oil company says everything is back to normal. This shrimper begs to differ.

A Recurring Nightmare

April 7, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaSarah Craig, Rocky Kistner

After a decade of catastrophes—Katrina, BP—this family is saying good-bye to a beloved bayou home.

Rat Pack

April 6, 2015 DispatchNew York CityAlisa Opar

New York is the city that never sleeps—and neither do its rat researchers.

Are the Gulf's Marine Mammals Fluked?

April 2, 2015 Latest NewsEastJason Bittel

We’re still coming to terms with what toxins from the BP spill might be doing to whales and dolphins.

Let's Get Wasted!

March 30, 2015 DispatchNew York CityClara Chaisson

A pop-up restaurant gives trash-bound food a place at the table.

Out of Control from the Moment of the Blowout

March 27, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaBrian Palmer

Former offshore drilling regulator Liz Birnbaum talks about what went wrong in the Gulf (and why drilling the Atlantic is a bad idea).

The First Rule of Global Warming...

March 17, 2015 Latest NewsFloridaBrian Palmer

Can Florida really stop its employees from talking about climate change?

The Call of the Bugle

March 12, 2015 DispatchKentucky, WisconsinSusan Cosier

This spring elk from Kentucky will be migrating (by truck) to Wisconsin.