Environment Archives

The gas-powered Valley Generating Station on March 10th, 2017 in Sun Valley, California.

Environment

Trump Wants to End Worst-Case Climate Scenario Modeling. Here’s Why That Matters.

The president wants to limit the scope of federal climate assessments, which will leave policymakers and the public unprepared to deal with the consequences of climate change.

Kate Wheeling

A visitor walks along a path of Coastal Redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument.

Environment

Is There a More Climate-Friendly Way to Manage Our Forests?

The logging industry argues that cutting down old-growth trees is good for forest management, but the science says otherwise.

Paul Koberstein & Jessica Applegate

Environment

Here’s How the Oil Industry Plans to Solve Climate Change

The fossil fuel industry is pushing lawmakers to implement a tax on carbon emissions, but environmentalists are skeptical of its newfound support for climate action.

Kate Wheeling

Disney character topiaries are on display at Disney World's Epcot in Orlando, Florida.

Environment

Could Disney World Build Its Own Nuclear Reactor?

Florida law allows the company to do it, but it seems highly unlikely that the company would ever go through with such a project.

Rebecca Renner

Environment

How to Get People to Recycle: Show Them the Results

Giving consumers an idea of what a can or glass might be transformed into makes them far more likely to recycle it.

Tom Jacobs

A Sri Lankan stilt fisherman works on his pole in the southern town of Galle.

Environment

‘There’s No Fish to Catch’: Global Warming Upends Traditional Livelihoods in Sri Lanka

Two separate studies highlight Sri Lanka's increased risk to changing weather patterns that are driving extensive changes in both living standards and livelihoods.

Dilrukshi Handunnetti

A tactical vehicle drives through floodwater in Florence County, South Carolina.

Environment

The Military Is the Largest Single User of Fossil Fuels. Elizabeth Warren Wants to Change That.

When it comes to climate change, the Department of Defense has historically focused on preparation rather than prevention.

Kate Wheeling

A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station.

Environment

How to Use Zoning Laws to Reduce Pollution in Low-Income Communities

A new study looks at how zoning policies, which have long been used to reinforce inequality, are being repurposed to promote environmental justice.

Nicole Javorsky

Five days after tropical cyclone Idai cut a swathe through Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, the confirmed death toll stood at more than 300 and hundreds of thousands of lives were at risk,.

Environment

Will Climate Change Create Deadlier Tropical Storms?

New research suggests that, due to global warming, storm-related deaths in developing nations could increase by as much as 52 percent.

Gianluca Cerullo

U.S. horticulturalist Luther Burbank is considered the father of California agriculture and one of the first to manipulate plant genetics to create new versions of plums, potatoes, and other crops.

Environment

The Beautiful Schemers Who Took Desert and Marsh and Turned California Into an Agricultural Wonder

From the beginning, the Central Valley's productivity was a result of the most intensive farming experiment the world had ever seen. And now, farmers are pushing even harder against biological realities. An excerpt from Mark Arax's critically acclaimed new book, "The Dreamt Land."

Mark Arax