Population

Building millions of needed residential units could destroy vital wildlands. We can house people and protect the environment at the same time.

New books hitting shelves this month ask if we’re doomed (or at least how badly) while laying out critical solutions to the climate crisis.

People often think of urban landscapes as concrete dystopias, but the future may reside in cities that can sustain both people and nature.

What’s the real environmental impact of a plastic straw compared to the 80 million people we add to our population every year?

This year’s theme is “end plastic pollution.” That misses the point made by Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.

President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.

This month’s new books cover climate change, gorillas, warfare and…Godzilla?

We need to solve runaway human population growth if we hope to fix any other environmental problems.