After decades of denial, new studies show they knew all along By Georgina Gustin The livestock industry’s impact on climate change became widely known with a bombshell United Nations report published in 2006, called Livestock’s…
By Damian Carrington The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesize, according to a new assessment. The analysis estimates that between 4 percent…
with the Natural World By Mary Evelyn Tucker Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, published in 2013, explored how humans intersect with and depend upon the rest of the living world. A member of the Citizen…
By Alex Brown ISSAQUAH, Wash. — President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when…
By Trinity Tran On the night of Jan. 7, as the Palisades Fire surged to 2,000 acres to the west and the Eaton Fire exploded to 1,000 to the east, I joined thousands fleeing hurricane-force…
By Appalachian Voices We want our families to have the freedom to drink clean water, breathe safe air and live in healthy communities, but plans for a major buildout of methane gas infrastructure are putting…
By Sergio A. Lambertucci, Andrea Santangeli & Pablo I. Plaza As many wild animal populations are already under strain from habitat loss, climate change and other global change drivers, previously neglected threats such as some…
By Damon Orion Author, journalist, and child advocacy expert Richard Louv famously coined the term “nature deficit disorder” to describe the detrimental effects of children’s disconnection from nature. His assertions are backed by data that…
But LA’s Covid Mask Organizers Have It Covered Angelenos are stepping in to make sure their communities can breathe. By Julia Métraux Los Angeles has been hit with its worst-ever wildfires, which continue to blaze,…
Commentary by Yasha Levine Lynda and Stewart Resnick—the oligarch pistachio farmers of Beverly Hills—are currently going viral. Influencers are out making tiktoks, tweets, and reels. They’re outraged at finding out that one Los Angeles billionaire…