Natural Resources

A dispatch from the ongoing war on America’s public lands.

The International Seabed Council once again failed to come to an agreement over the rules to govern the practice of mining valuable resources in deep ocean habitats.

The West is ignoring a dangerous socio-political duality between pro-Western and pro-Soviet populations that continue to fester in the country.

A new study asks: Can countries meet citizens' needs without over-consuming resources?

A state-by-state breakdown of who is more frugal with their resources and who is in ecological debt.

Lawyers striking it rich in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Irrigation and fertilization use varies across and even within cities. Sustainable management plans must rely on a more targeted approach.

Worries about oil and gas hog the airwaves. But copper is also essential to keep the world running: It threads through your house, your computer, your eco-correct hybrid car. And it's getting just as difficult, expensive, and environmentally menacing as oil to extract. We have entered the era of tough ore.

In Namibia, the filmmakers creating 'Mad Max: Fury Road' have run into a different kind of fury, and few roads.