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

Bunkerville prosecution prepares to address the Bundy family’s dangerous history of extremism on public lands. Oregon victims hope that this time guilty verdicts will prevail.

A difficult hurricane season unearths issues ranging from cancer hotspots to deadly bacteria.

Mountaintop mining and excrement-filled lagoons threaten the unique biodiversity of the American southeast.

On the cusp of historic ESA success, feds move to permanently isolate iconic bears.

Science shows that killing wolves does more harm than good.

The Old-Growth Forest Network works to protect America’s shrinking woodlands.

Bluff and Blanding represent diametrically opposing views over the future of the national monument and its Indian ruins.

Calls to bring power back to states ignore the struggles states had regulating the environment.

Citizens of the Silver State may soon be able to go solar once again. A bill going to Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s desk next week would restore net metering, which the state’s utility regulators phased out in 2015. Net metering allows households to sell their excess solar energy back to utilities, making solar panels more affordable. Several solar companies stopped adding new Nevada customers after net metering was shut down. Now Tesla and Sunrun say they plan to come back if the bill is signed.