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On extremely hot days and in the aftermath of storms, people tend to hole up inside. Losing festivals, traditions and gathering places can worsen that loneliness.
We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
Idling vehicles are easy targets for enforcement – they’re often left running for no good reason.
Wildfire smoke can even affect the weather downwind.
Pressure from trade agreements can clean up sources of environmental harm, leading to cleaner rivers in the case of Mexico’s much-loved avocados.
A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and elsewhere.
Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.
Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
With social media communities and naturalist apps, birding is easier to get into than ever. A psychologist explains why it may also be just what the doctor ordered.
Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
A National Academy of Sciences report examined the latest advances in extreme event attribution science. As four of the authors explain, the type of disaster makes a difference.
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains why reducing the protected area has profound religious and cultural consequences.
Many sustainability programs may be aiming at the wrong target because most entrepreneurs won’t become environmental activists.
A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.
There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in.
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.
Death Valley set a record when the temperature reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Here’s why deserts can reach such scorching temperatures – and also very cold ones.
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.