The Environment

A fossil-fuel executive blames consumers for the climate crisis

The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-lasting and hotter heat waves than they did several decades ago

California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs

The depiction of the climate crisis as a cliff—once we fall off the edge, it’s game over—is nonsense

As the climate crisis intensifies, experiments to “cool the planet” by reflecting solar radiation proliferate. Without proper global and national regulation, they will worsen the crisis

Fossil-fuel companies use captured carbon dioxide to extract more fossil fuels, leading to a net increase in atmospheric CO₂

A gloom and doom approach does not always spur climate action, it turns out. A new study tells you when it works and when it doesn’t

These ancient Portuguese cattle have become unlikely firefighters.

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy

The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally. We can learn from them

The overuse of dangerous pesticides in Brazil threatens public health and serves as a warning to the rest of the world about the dangers of science denial