Fossil Fuels

We mapped out where the drilling could take place — and how it overlaps with the critical habitats of the most sensitive species at risk.

BP’s mistakes, rooted in regulator failures, revealed “such systematic failures in risk management that they place in doubt the safety culture of the entire industry.”

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

Drawing clear borders around the Arctic Ocean matters for the future of the people who live there — and for the planet as a whole.

New rules could affect everything from clean power to migratory birds, and they’re just a hint of what’s yet to come.

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

Laws have banned plastic bags in some places, but taking the next steps requires overcoming some pretty major hurdles.

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

A new essay collection, Living in the Anthropocene, dissects our vast planetary impact.

Scientist Gleb Raygorodetsky explores the millennia-old relationships between indigenous communities and their local ecosystems, and how they can help us adapt to an uncertain future.