Ideas

“We need to make the time to water a new kind of wild empathy,” writes the cofounder of the Church of Stop Shopping.

The coral reef ecosystems in Brazil’s largest coastal Marine Protected Area need defending against overfishing, tourism and global warming.

This heavily exploited species just got a temporary reprieve, but new protections come with a ticking clock.

It’s time to overhaul the chemical industry — for the sake of fenceline communities and the rest of the planet.

The loss of biodiversity around the planet comes with very human costs, I tell the hosts of The Silent Why podcast.

The cliff-growing Brighamia insignis was pronounced extinct in the wild in 2020, but it persists thanks to the hard work of botanical gardens and other collections.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

The state’s recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act offers a model for other states to build coalitions to help communities and the planet.

Speak up, identify the stakes, and use language that inspires action and combats right-wing messaging, says climate communications expert Genevieve Guenther.

From plastic pollution to extreme weather and the extinction crisis, the year ahead promises tough fights, enormous challenges and critical opportunities.