Ideas

New legislation could help states and tribes clean up decades-old mining liabilities and restore the environment while creating needed jobs.

The company claims to be restoring its former diamond mines to nature. My research revealed a still-barren landscape and shattered lives.

An Indigenous-led resistance raises the alarm about a tar-sands pipeline that would cut through treaty territory of Anishinaabe people, threatening wild rice, fresh water and the climate.

Pursuing unorthodox queries about smaller, “uncharismatic” species often comes with difficult hurdles, as one researcher found out.

Writer Kathleen Dean Moore turns her ear to nature’s sounds and what we’re losing as species disappear.

Organizers in Ecuador know that conservation efforts thrive when the next generation is informed and involved.

EVs can help power homes and buildings in disasters — but only if automakers, utilities, local emergency planners and regulators start working on it now.

A power crisis in Texas caused by severe winter weather exposed the need for a climate-resilient system.

A groundbreaking program at the University of British Columbia draws from Indigenous knowledge and western science to develop the best tools for helping fisheries and communities.

The Biden administration has an opportunity — and a responsibility — to help save the coastal ecosystems that protect us.