Ideas

Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.

Botswana hides behind national “sovereignty” while selling off its natural heritage to foreign hunters and treating elephants as mere commodities.

Here’s what we can do to make sure the critical mistakes made after the SARS outbreak won’t be made again.

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.

Even as thousands of people get sick and die, the Trump administration continues to strip away our environmental protections. And that’s just the start.

A new book from veteran author Mark Kurlansky explains why helping to save salmon is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and the planet.

Encouraged by the federal government, lots of people are trying to get outside. But it’s a risky decision for rural communities.

Three strategies can help transform transportation in America — and regional cooperation by states would take things further, faster.

Covering environmental issues these days can be tough. But it’s needed more than ever, says Society of Environmental Journalists president Meera Subramanian.

The Trump administration wants to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, a move that would silence community criticism of destructive projects and give more power to industry.