Ideas

Drilling in the refuge was tucked into in last month’s Republican tax bill, defying decades of attempts to protect this pristine wildnerness.

Stories about Bears Ears, sharks, vaquitas, an extinct bat and the Endangered Species Act resonated with our readers this year.

The year of Trump brought challenges, but it also inspired us to seek the truth and find solutions.

A three-day event offered me the opportunity to shape future discussion about global warming and its effects.

Yet the right-wing talking point that climate scientists are only in it for the money persists.

We look at nature through our all-too human lens, but how does that reflect back on us?

A challenge from the reporter who blew the lid off of Thailand’s Tiger Temple and exposed illegal wildlife trafficking from a Buddhist monastery.

For small island nations threatened by rising seas, swelling waters are a daily reminder of the need to act on climate.

Fracking has led to a large increase of hydrocarbon emissions in rural areas, reversing some regional air trends.

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