Sustainability

Sharon Levy’s new book offers a fascinating history of wetlands, their human-caused decline and our growing understanding of why we need to restore them.

When something dies in nature, it becomes part of a system that gives life. Can humans re-embrace the same concept?

They tried to bury the report by releasing it on Black Friday, but the threats we face — and possible solutions we can take on — are still very real.

The state is ramping up efforts to protect people and the economy as southeast Virginia faces one of the fastest rates of relative sea-level rise in the country.

Experts fear oil and gas development could permanently damage millions of acres of ecologically and culturally important public lands.

We asked Leah Penniman, cofounder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black, about the healing power of soil and ending an unjust food system.

Books on our ballot this month look at wolves, turtles, animal activism, the psychology of climate change and a lot more.

A former EPA engineer calls it “the most spectacular regulatory flip-flop in history.” Other experts say the resulting emissions increase would bode ill for the planet.

From California to Maryland, dams are being removed to help fish, improve safety and boost recreation.

Books coming out this month include a series of terrifying climate-change novellas and a look at the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge.