Op-Eds

When the billionaire-owned media fails to cover the truth about climate change, should the public take a stand?

Heat, drought and water policy have created a slow-motion catastrophe at a refuge on the California-Oregon border.

Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties.

The EPA allowed polluters to stop monitoring or even preventing their emissions, and many states followed suit. Here’s what happened — and how to fix it.

After a half-century of failures, the recovery of the Connecticut River ecosystem hangs in the balance. Will authorities finally act to save it?

Subsistence, artisanal and small-scale fisheries represent a previously unrecognized threat to many protected shark and ray species.

Kamikatsu famously declared its goal was to go waste-free by 2020, but it didn’t quite get there. Their experience shows we can’t move further without systemic changes.

The pandemic has revealed the truth about Thailand’s unsustainable and exploitative elephant tourism sector — and a chance to rethink the relationship between humans and elephants.

The strategy represents hope for people and wildlife, and can be a model for governments, but it still lacks critical funding to carry out its goals.

The problem of overcrowded public lands and insufficient urban green space predates the pandemic. Are we finally willing to fund the solutions?