How Juneau Handles Its Garbage
Alaska's capital city is surrounded by ocean and glaciers, with no roads in or out. Waste management? It's complicated.
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Climate Change and Erosion Are Killing the Tangier Islands
The culturally significant Chesapeake Bay islands have lost two-thirds of their land since 1850, and could vanish altogether by 2070, an Army Corp of Engineers study finds.
Eco-Heroes: 10 Leaders Showing That Fighting Climate Change Can Be Good for Everyone’s Bottom Line
Think you can’t mix a healthy climate with a healthy economy? These business leaders and innovators are betting the world on the fact that we can.
What Does Vladimir Putin Really Think About Climate Change?
How to decipher the Russian president’s mystifying statements on global warming.
Are Microbeads About to Become a Thing of the Past?
The House voted this week to ban microbeads. This is a demonstrably good thing.
Meet the Country That’s Making Carbon Reduction Look Easy
The tiny South Asian kingdom of Bhutan absorbs three times as much carbon as it emits.
Here’s What Americans Think About the Environment
It's a little more complicated than "for" and "against."
What Would Success—and Failure—Look Like at COP21?
Here are the best- and worst-case outcomes for the Paris climate talks.
Warmer Nights Could Turn the Tropics Into a Major Carbon Source
Rising nighttime temperatures in the tropics threaten to flip the region from a carbon sink to a carbon source.
The Rising Danger of Flooding In Egypt
As global temperatures rise, an unprepared Egypt braces itself for more extreme rainstorms.