Features

A Big Oil Project in Africa Threatens Fragile Okavango Region

By Heather Richardson

Cities Confront Climate Challenge: How to Move from Gas to Electricity?

By Jonathan Mingle

Why the Market for ‘Blue Carbon’ Credits May Be Poised to Take Off

By Nicola Jones

Analysis

Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?

By Adam Welz

In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage

By Beth Gardiner

The Oil Well Next Door: California’s Silent Health Hazard

By Judith Lewis Mernit

Indigenous Lands

Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia

By Fred Pearce

Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Spree

By Michael Standaert

Interview

Stealth Chemicals: A Call to Action on a Threat to Human Fertility

By Jon Hurdle

Analysis

EV Turning Point: Momentum Builds for U.S. Electric Vehicle Transition

By ​John Paul MacDuffie and Sarah E. Light

Is the ‘Legacy’ Carbon Credit Market a Climate Plus or Just Hype?

By Fred Pearce

Essay

How the Loss of Soil Is Sacrificing America’s Natural Heritage

By Verlyn Klinkenborg

On U.S. East Coast, Has Offshore Wind’s Moment Finally Arrived?

By Jon Hurdle

Analysis

Why Drilling the Arctic Refuge Will Release a Double Dose of Carbon

By Oswald Schmitz

An Illicit Trade in Brazil Is Sending Tiny Songbirds to Their Deaths

By Jill Langlois

How Paving with Plastic Could Make a Dent in the Global Waste Problem

By Ann Parson

Assisting Evolution: How Far Should We Go to Help Species Adapt?

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

By Fred Pearce

In a Refinery’s Ashes, Hope for an End to Decades of Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

Opinion

Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

By Carl Safina

On U.S. Public Lands, Can Biden Undo What Trump Has Wrought?

By Jim Robbins