Eleanor Cummins

@elliepses

Disease changes urban life. But humans have to decide what shape that change takes.

On its debut day, the new streaming service treated climate as a separate issue, instead of acknowledging the way global warming drives the severe weather it covers.

What do suburban neighborhood spats, climate activism, and Indigenous traditions have in common? They’re all feeding into a growing movement to grant trees legal rights.

Why are so many people drawn to stories and videos of the unvaccinated dying of Covid-19—and, at the final moment, wishing for the vaccine?

As heat, wildfires, and freak weather patterns transform familiar surroundings, can hikers and runners still rely on their instincts?

Greece’s wildfires are a reminder that the failure to act is first a failure of imagination.

Humans kill wolves when they want to privatize nature.

Watching ABC’s video of a mother and cubs at Lake Tahoe, it’s easy to forget that this isn’t a family outing but a scene of desperation: The bears are seeking relief from the extreme heat.

Periodical cicadas were born out of crisis. Now we’ve created a crisis they may not survive.

Covid-19 pushed many outdoors. Will they use their newfound environmental awareness for good?

We’ve become numb and disoriented by the sheer quantity of statistics that describe mass death and suffering.

Americans have become adept at prioritizing self-care over solidarity.

Fewer humans do not a healthier planet make.

Furniture waste has grown appallingly in recent decades. So have shipping emissions.

Jet fuel isn't taxed on international trips. Maybe it's time to change that, seeing as the rule was decided in 1944.