Paris When It Sizzles: The City of Light Aims to Get Smart on Heat

By Jeff Goodell

Amid the Sprawl, a Long Island Prairie Makes a Quiet Comeback

By Janet Marinelli

How Floating Wetlands Are Helping to Clean Up Urban Waters

By Susan Cosier

The Living City: Weaving Nature Back Into the Urban Fabric

By Richard Schiffman

INTERVIEW

How Ailing Strip Malls Could Be a Green Fix for U.S. Housing Crisis

By Jacques Leslie

A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

It’s Not Just Climate: Are We Ignoring Other Causes of Disasters?

By Fred Pearce

Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes

By Shira Rubin

Why the Luster on Once-Vaunted ‘Smart Cities’ Is Fading

By Jim Robbins

Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move

By Richard Conniff

Opinion

From Homes to Cars, It’s Now Time to Electrify Everything

By Saul Griffith

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

By Jonathan Mingle

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

By Paul Hockenos

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

By Jim Robbins

Photo Essay

Overview: Transforming Land and Sea for a More Sustainable World

The Pandemic Has Taken Cars Off Urban Streets. Will It Last?

By Cheryl Katz

Opinion

When Social Distancing Ends, Will We Rethink the World We Want?

By Bill McKibben

Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

By Jim Robbins

Aiming for Climate Targets, Germany Taps Its Geothermal Potential

By Paul Hockenos

Could Massive Storm Surge Barriers End the Hudson River’s Revival?

By Elizabeth Royte

Can We Turn Down the Temperature on Urban Heat Islands?

By Jim Morrison