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A beach in Naples, Italy covered in plastic waste following a storm in 2018.

Europe’s Drive to Slash Plastic Waste Moves Into High Gear

By Paul Hockenos

Center City Philadelphia, viewed from the Schuylkill River.

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

By Jonathan Mingle

A waste-to-energy incinerator at Haverton Hill near Middlesbrough, England.

In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage

By Beth Gardiner

An oil well in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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

By Judith Lewis Mernit

A factory producing cans lined with the chemical BPA, which has been used in metal cans since the 1950s.

Interview

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

By Jon Hurdle

An engineer inspects paving blocks made from recycled plastics in a suburb of Accra, Ghana.

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

By Ann Parson

Engineers have found cracks in the 420-foot-high Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River in Southern Africa.

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

By Fred Pearce

An explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex on June 21, 2019 led to the shutdown of the facility.

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

By Jon Hurdle

A seawall built to hold back rising seas and halt erosion on Ghoramara Island in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in India.

Water

As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

A 25-kilowatt solar array, part of a community-owned energy cooperative, in Bristol, England.

As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

By Paul Hockenos

The Svartsengi geothermal power station near Grindavik, Iceland.

Can Geothermal Power Play a Key Role in the Energy Transition?

By Jim Robbins

The Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, a multiphase solar power complex located in Morocco, is the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, with an energy capacity of 510 megawatts. The third phase of the facility, the 820-foot Noor III tower seen here, uses 7,400 heliostat mirrors to focus the sun’s energy to heat molten salt to 500–1,022 degrees Fahrenheit, producing steam that generates electricity.

Photo Essay

Overview: Transforming Land and Sea for a More Sustainable World

A pool of sewage outside a home in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Interview

Filthy Water: A Basic Sanitation Problem Persists in Rural America

By Katherine Bagley

The coal-fired Hendrina Power Station next to the town of Pullen's Hope, Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

Public Health

As South Africa Clings to Coal, A Struggle for the Right to Breathe

By Chloe Williams

Residents wade through a road in the flooded Aboru neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria in July.

Interview

Equitable Retreat: The Need for Fairness in Relocating Coastal Communities

By Katherine Bagley

Workers dismantle car batteries in preparation for lead recycling in Patna, India.

Pollution

Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health Hazard

By Fred Pearce

Construction of a new high-rise condominium in Miami in 2014.

As Miami Keeps Building, Rising Seas Deepen Its Social Divide

By Mario Alejandro Ariza

Vendors carry used air conditioners through the Alaba International Market in Lagos, Nigeria.

A Flood of Polluting Air Conditioners Hampers Africa’s Climate Efforts

By Peyton Fleming

A worker examines plastic bottles at a recycling center in Santiago, Chile.

Why Bioplastics Will Not Solve the World’s Plastics Problem

By Jim Robbins

Kayakers paddling in the Delaware River near Philadelphia in 2018.

On the Delaware, A Promising New Era in Cleanup of an Urban River

By Jon Hurdle

Cities

Europe’s Drive to Slash Plastic Waste Moves Into High Gear

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

In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage

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

Interview

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

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

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

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

Water

As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit

As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

Can Geothermal Power Play a Key Role in the Energy Transition?

Photo Essay

Overview: Transforming Land and Sea for a More Sustainable World

Interview

Filthy Water: A Basic Sanitation Problem Persists in Rural America

Public Health

As South Africa Clings to Coal, A Struggle for the Right to Breathe

Interview

Equitable Retreat: The Need for Fairness in Relocating Coastal Communities

Pollution

Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health Hazard

As Miami Keeps Building, Rising Seas Deepen Its Social Divide

A Flood of Polluting Air Conditioners Hampers Africa’s Climate Efforts

Why Bioplastics Will Not Solve the World’s Plastics Problem

On the Delaware, A Promising New Era in Cleanup of an Urban River

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In the Philippines, A Community Fights to Protect Its Ancestral Lands