Features

How Airplane Contrails Are Helping Make the Planet Warmer

By Fred Pearce

Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant?

By Martha Pskowski

As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price

By Richard Schiffman

In an Era of Extreme Weather, Concerns Grow Over Dam Safety

By Jacques Leslie

China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining

By Michael Standaert

In Greenland’s Melting Ice, A Warning on Hard Climate Choices

By Jon Gertner

Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane

By Fred Pearce

Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast

By Janet Marinelli

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

Opinion

Despite Industry Pleas, White House Halts Progress on Fuel Economy

By John DeCicco

As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise

By Jim Robbins

Analysis

Fuzzy Math: The Strategy Behind the Trump EPA’s Deregulation Push

By Beth Gardiner

Analysis

How Green Party Gains Could Make Europe a Leader Again on Climate

By Christian Schwägerl

Interview

Tackling Climate Change? Governor Jay Inslee Has a Plan for That

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

By Fred Pearce

How an Illicit Chemical Is Jeopardizing Recovery of the Ozone Layer

By Richard Conniff

For a Texas Ranching Family, Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Hits Home

By Tatiana Schlossberg

Interview

Why Low-Income Households Need to Be Part of the Clean Energy Revolution

By Katherine Bagley

Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

By George Black

Coastal Recovery: Bringing a Damaged Wetland Back to Life

By Jim Morrison

Bee Alert: Is a Controversial Herbicide Harming Honeybees?

By Michael Balter