Op-Eds

Current plans to update our 152-year-old mining laws fail to redress centuries of mineral-extractive colonialism.

The problems facing the ocean sometimes feel overwhelming. But like surfers we can look for the perfect wave — and ride it to protect these vital ecosystems.

The climate crisis demands swift and decisive action — like bolstering public transportation.

Science says many types of animals can serve as “umbrella species.” But donors and the public pay the most attention to tigers, orangutans and other charismatic megafauna.

The unanticipated environmental effects of inhalers underscore the contradictions of piecemeal climate solutions.

Insurers are pulling out of areas prone to climate risk — even as they continue to cover the fossil-fuel companies contributing to that risk.

Before the next global meeting on plastics, we need more transparency and disclosure around the corporate stakeholders wielding influence there.

Rising sea levels may cause the local extinction of three small, threatened vertebrates in southern Brazil.

New research shows how policies blocking cleaner energy sources, often inspired by persistent disinformation, harm the communities that adopt them.

The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for entertainment, hunting, and commercial trade of live animals and their body parts.