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A New Climate Museum Prepares Us for the Long Haul

January 19, 2018 PerspectivesNew York CityCaroline Craig

“In Human Time,” the museum’s first exhibit, opens in New York City.

Beauty and Despair Collide in These Murals of the Great Lakes

December 5, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Alexis Rockman’s new series creates a vision of the lakes’ past, present, and future that sparks imagination while addressing stark realities.

Food to the Rescue: Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law

October 24, 2017 Case StudyVermont, United StatesYerina Mugica

Comprehensive legislation helps address food waste by banning the landfilling of food

New Coal Power Subsidy Proposal: Implications for the West

October 16, 2017 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

Desperate to shore up aging and uneconomic coal-fired power plants, US Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to guarantee some plants’ cost recovery and reduce the flow of revenues to cleaner competitors…

A Rescued Tiger Cub? Mating Mollusks? A Thieving Fox? One of These Images Could Bring Home the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.

September 28, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

From playful animal behavior to pollution and poaching, these artists capture the state of nature in 2017.

Meet the Fish That Builds Works of Love on the Seafloor

August 4, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Who knew the unassuming male pufferfish is one of nature’s greatest artists?

Meet the Aboriginal Community Turning Abandoned Fishing Gear into Art

July 21, 2017 PerspectivesInternationalClara Chaisson

On Australia’s Cape York Peninsula, artists weave deadly “ghost nets” into totems.

With a Few Creative Touches, Pollution Masks Become Symbols of Hope

July 12, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Maskbook invites people around the world to express their environmental anxieties.

He Speaks for the Trees—but First, He Listens to Them

April 13, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Biologist and writer David George Haskell discusses his new book, The Songs of Trees, and the importance of tuning in.

When It Comes to Urban Development, More Folks Are Saying: “Yes, in My Backyard”

February 23, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

From NIMBY to YIMBY: What a difference a generation (and an urban housing shortage) makes.

Broad Opposition to Trump's EPA Pick, "Polluting Pruitt"

January 18, 2017 Expert BlogPete Altman

President-elect Trump's nominee to run the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is charged with protecting Americans' health from pollution, has a record of accepting campaign contributions from the industries he is supposed to regulate, working to overturn fourteen EPA standards…

When You Look into the Eyes of an Endangered Species, See Yourself

December 22, 2016 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

An exhibit on extinction at the Harvard Museum of Natural History pulls visitors into an immersive, reflective experience.

Riding to Reduce Conflicts, by Melissa DiNino

December 20, 2016 Expert BlogWestZack Strong

The Four Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

December 14, 2016 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

With one week’s worth of appointments, the president-elect has shown all his environmental policy cards. And—surprise!—they’re covered with oil.

What It Looks Like When Street Art Hits the Amazon

November 18, 2016 PerspectivesBrazilClara Chaisson

Portraits projected onto trees show the inseparable identity of the rainforest and its people.