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5 Species Starved for Rain

Monarch butterflies resting at Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, Calif. during their migration from Mexico to Canada.

With the sixth mass extinction upon us, we explore how the drought is devastating five species across the western United States.

Protecting Florida’s Apalachicola River from Coal Ash Pollution

Sunset on the Apalachicola River in Florida

Piles of coal ash in unlined pits threaten one of the south’s premier rivers. Under our legal settlement, Gulf Power Corp. pledges to take steps to protect the Apalachicola River from coal ash pollution.

Soot, Solidarity and Survival: A Conversation with Jonathan Mingle

Kumik is a high altitude village located in India's northern Ladakh region. High above the village this melting glacier provides the people who live here with their only water source.

Author Jonathan Mingle discusses his new book, Fire & Ice, the powerful particle, black carbon, and climate change around the world.

Norway Offers Bees Safe Passage on the World’s First "Bee Highway"

A bee stops on a flower in Oslo, Norway.

Bee colonies are collapsing under the weight of habitat destruction, pesticides and monoculture farming, but Oslo has found a creative solution in a network of bee-friendly urban hubs.

Legal Action Armors Puget Sound Against Habitat Loss

Morning fog lingering on a Puget Sound beach.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is shirking its duty to make sure changes to coastal habitats—including Puget Sound—won’t destroy valuable public resources.

Telling Wolves to “Shoo!” An Interview with Real ‘Wild’ Woman Meredith Taylor

Meredith Taylor talks about her experience seeing wolves return to Yellowstone.

Wildlife biologist and wolf advocate Meredith Taylor talks about seeing wolves return to Yellowstone, her most memorable encounters with predators, and the wisdom she’s gained from a life spent studying the ways and workings of the natural world.

Don’t Panic: The Supreme Court’s Decision on Mercury and Air Toxics

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

The fate of the Mercury and Air Toxics safeguards is still to be determined after the Supreme Court's decision grants a challenge to the EPA’s long overdue limits on toxic pollution.

Broken Laws and Public Trust in Seattle

Shell and its Arctic drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, have already run roughshod over Washington state and Seattle laws—and they plan to come back this November for round two.

Statue of Liberty and Other National Sites Besieged by Rising Seas

An experimental photo of the Statue of Liberty with higher seas.

The federal government says sea level rise caused by climate change could destroy $40 billion worth of national park land and other protected coastal areas.