Ideas

A proposed timber sale within the Yaak Valley threatens massive old-growth trees and habitat. Instead, could it become the nation’s first climate refuge?

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.”

The current administration continues to senselessly undermine efforts to reduce single-use plastics. But plastic never was and never will be disposable, and neither are the people it poisons.

A veteran journalist writes: Let’s celebrate the Gulf of Mexico — and stand up against censorship, for the First Amendment, and with fired government workers and scientists.

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.

Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.

Earthen homes present an opportunity for building sustainably, but first we need to overcome several institutional barriers.

The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.

Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk seriously.

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.