Last Dance at Oak Flat
Reading Time: 6 minutes A parting shot by Donald Trump is about to destroy the San Carlos Apaches’ equivalent of Mount Sinai, revered for millennia by earlier tribes.
Nuclear Energy: Ready for a Revival?
Reading Time: 11 minutes Nuclear tech startups promise a climate change solution in exchange for heavy government subsidies. Whether they’ll deliver in time is a gamble some are not willing to take.
Big Challenges Lie Ahead as US Rejoins Paris Agreement
Reading Time: 6 minutes A few months after Trump quit the Paris Agreement, the US is back in, with no time to spare.
Even Climate Change Denial Is Bigger in Texas
Reading Time: < 1 minute While Sen. Ted Cruz vacations in Cancun, Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, and ex-Energy Secretary and ex-Gov. Rick Perry claims Texans prefer blackouts to federal energy regulation amid record cold and snow.
President Biden, Tear Down That Wall
Reading Time: 5 minutes The border wall has been a bane to plants, animals, and sacred springs in Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Will the damage be permanent?
Green Groups Hope for Return of Reusable Coffee Cups
Reading Time: 5 minutes Has the fledgling environmental movement to eliminate the single-use coffee cup been beaten down by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Our Best Environmental Coverage of 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes The dire state of the environment is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Here are some of our 2020 environmental stories you may have missed.
Business as Usual: No Longer Acceptable for Young People
Reading Time: 8 minutes As British naturalist David Attenborough — an indisputable “influencer” of today’s youth — has noted on various occasions, time is running out for our planet. The move to action may now lie in the hands of young people. Maybe it’s time to do more than simply pretend that we are listening to the concerns of the new generation.
US-Canada Plastic Trade Deal Subverts Basel Convention
Reading Time: 11 minutes As the Basel Convention receives a major update, outsiders like the US may suddenly have to face their own trash.
Arctic Refuge Parceled Out for Sale in Trump’s Final Push
Reading Time: 5 minutes Meet the opposition the Trump administration faces as it pushes to auction off one of Alaska’s last remaining wild places to the oil and gas industry.