In the Face of a Trump Environmental Rollback, California Stands in Defiance
As environmental standard-bearer and green technology pioneer, no other state rivals California.
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In Honduras, defending nature is a deadly business
Berta Cáceres fought to protect native lands in Honduras — and paid for it with her life.
How protecting native forests cost a Southeast Asian activist his life
Malaysian activist Bill Kayong fought to save native forest lands from logging and oil palm development.
How a proposed strip mine brought conflict to South Africa’s wild coast
The murder of activist Sikhosiphi Rhadebe has not stopped communities in South Africa’s Pondoland region from opposing plans for a major titanium mine.
The ‘Job-Killing’ Fiction Behind Trump’s Retreat on Fuel Economy Standards
The Trump administration is expected to roll back the fuel economy standards that were a signature achievement of the Obama administration.
Northern Lights: Large-Scale Solar Power Is Spreading Across the U.S.
Once largely confined to the sunny Southwest, utility-scale solar power plants are now being built everywhere from Minnesota to Alabama to Maine.
The dark legacy of China’s drive for global resources
As China pursues a startling array of energy, mining, logging, agricultural, and infrastructure projects on virtually every continent, it is having an unprecedented environmental impact on the planet.
The Vanishing Nile: A Great River Faces a Multitude of Threats
The Nile River is under assault on two fronts – a massive dam under construction upstream in Ethiopia and rising sea levels leading to saltwater intrusion downstream.
How warming is profoundly changing a Great Northern wilderness
The abrupt change in direction of a Yukon river because of a rapidly melting glacier has attracted international attention.
Why does Trump want to pull plug on the cleanup of the Chesapeake?
The decades-long federal program to clean up Chesapeake Bay is showing signs of success and is supported by politicians of both parties.
