Features

A Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh

By Nick Cunningham

In Germany, Consumers Embrace a Shift to Home Batteries

By Paul Hockenos

As High-Tide Flooding Worsens, More Pollution Is Washing to the Sea

By Jim Morrison

Species Sleuths: Amateur Naturalists Spark a New Wave of Discovery

By Jessica Leber

Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling

By Cheryl Katz

Interview

Facing Pushback, Markey Makes the Case for the Green New Deal

By Elizabeth Kolbert

As Work Begins on Trump’s Border Wall, a Key Wildlife Refuge Is at Risk

By April Reese

How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

By Virginia Gewin

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

By Fred Pearce

For a Warming World, A New Strategy for Protecting Watersheds

By Jacques Leslie

CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART V

Restoring the Colorado: Bringing New Life to a Stressed River

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Analysis

How the Trump Administration Pulled Back on Regulating Toxic Chemicals

By Eric Lipton

CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART IV

In Era of Drought, Phoenix Prepares for a Future Without Colorado River Water

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Development

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

By Fred Pearce

Crisis on the Colorado: Part III

Running Dry: New Strategies for Conserving Water on the Colorado

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

The Rosewood Trade: An Illicit Trail from Forest to Furniture

By Sandy Ong and Edward Carver

Fire-Induced Storms: A New Danger from the Rise in Wildfires

By Ed Struzik

Crisis on the Colorado: Part II

On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Opinion

A Highway Megaproject Tears at the Heart of New Guinea’s Rainforest

By William Laurance

Crisis on the Colorado: Part I

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions

By Ret Talbot