Ideas

Climate activism is most effective when it taps into the pain of grieving instead of repeating statistics that overwhelm people into numbness.

A region historically plagued by industrial pollution is overwhelmed with unconventional oil and gas development.

California’s recent floods show that we aren’t ready for the bigger storms that climate change will bring, an expert warns.

Art raises awareness, but environmental organizations too often fail to engage with artists or their own creativity.

A 10,000-acre logging project threatens endangered species, recreation and nearby communities.

Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.

A proposed high-voltage power line threatens a mountain lake and its surrounding wetlands.

Disability is too often left out of the conversation about equity and inclusion in the outdoors. We can change that.

Looking back at environmental loss — and more than a few successes — helps us look ahead to healing the planet.

Thousands of people stood up for these at-risk species, proof that we must combine science with an ethic of restraint enforced by public outcry.