Reflections on major environmental events, trends, and issues.

Quantum leaps in electric vehicle technology are causing some analysts to revise their estimates of when we’ll no longer crave so much crude.

January 26, 2018

Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke are courting chaos—and calling it a victory for good governance.

January 19, 2018

China doesn’t want our plastic waste anymore. Instead of searching for another buyer, maybe some soul-searching is in order.

January 12, 2018

Eight years after the BP disaster in the Gulf, the administration aims to relax the rules designed to prevent catastrophic explosions and spills.

January 05, 2018

The new year will be a crapshoot, to be sure—but these trends augur well for climate and sustainability.

December 21, 2017

Most Americans, including many congressional Republicans, are strongly opposed to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So why is it attached to the tax bill?

December 08, 2017

While his fellow Cabinet members struggle to fill key positions, Ryan Zinke is staffing the Interior with former lobbyists for oil and gas companies.

December 01, 2017

Bus rapid transit has gone totally off the rails.

November 17, 2017

Like other environmentalists, hunters and anglers are angry about the administration’s attacks on public lands—and they’re not afraid to use their outside voices.

November 03, 2017

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