Environment
Wildfires Have Burned Through California's 100-Year Carbon Insurance in 10 Years, Study Finds
The risk of wildfire and disease to trees is so extreme it calls into question the entire concept of using carbon credits to save forests.
Inside the Fight Over California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant
A local battle over the future of atomic energy is becoming a bellwether for nations trying to slow climate change while still keeping the lights on.
Will Kyrsten Sinema Kill the Democrats’ Climate Deal for a Tax Loophole?
The mercurial Arizona Democrat is the biggest holdup for a deal to slow humanity’s advance toward fiery cataclysm.
This Extremely Rare Jellyfish Has Only Been Caught on Camera Once
The jellyfish only has two recorded sightings, and this is the first video captured of it.
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire
This is the second forest fire started by Land Life in a month.
Here's What America Looked Like Before the EPA
When it was created, the new Agency sent photographers around the country to capture an America in environmental decline.
Climate Activists Say Police Raided Their Campsite Without Identifying Themselves
Human rights lawyers say new state laws are enabling chronic police overreach.
Suspect Leads Police to Bodies in Hunt for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Brazilian police searching for the missing British journalist and indigenous affairs official in a remote part of the Amazon said they had recovered two bodies.
Biden’s Bold Plan on Plastics Bans Them From National Parks... in 10 Years
If the order ever takes effect at all.
What Does It Mean to Help Build a ‘Water-Positive Future’— and Why Does It Matter?
Basically, it comes down to putting more water back into a system than you take out of it.
New York Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning New Fossil Fuel Bitcoin Mines
The bill, if signed into law, would ban new Bitcoin mines that use fossil fuels for two years while the state assesses the environmental impacts.
‘Extremely Troubling’: Internal Docs Show Turmoil in Canadian Gov’t Following Fisheries Harassment Investigations
Freedom of Information documents reveal that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has created a suite of new policies and is spending millions on modernization in wake of whistleblowers speaking up.