Miami is on the front lines of the U.S. climate crisis. Journalist Mario Alejandro Ariza’s new book takes a critical look at the larger lessons for all of our hometowns.

Transportation, especially commuting, plays an oversized role on global-warming emissions and air pollution. Here’s how much telework matters, and what we can do to improve.

Antibiotic use in agriculture is a ticking time bomb, posing looming health risks to people and the environment.

Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.

For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.

March’s best books examine how cities (and families) can fight climate change; look at the history of Earth Day; and reveal growing threats to the world’s wild spaces.

Three strategies can help transform transportation in America — and regional cooperation by states would take things further, faster.

Emerging efforts by cities and the federal government show that progress is possible, but experts say systemic changes are still needed.

The White House’s 2021 federal budget proposal eliminates several important programs and slashes funding for others — like the Endangered Species Act.

New books out this month dig into some of humanity’s ecological ills — and unearth a classic satire that should still inspire.