Panic over predators sets humans up to have exactly the wrong kind of relationship with the ailing environment.

Bank of America is one of 19 financial institutions joining a Climate Risk Consortium. Hold your applause.

Exporting American gas to fight Russia means locking in methane emissions for years to come.

We’re getting Covid-19 severity all wrong.

Biden’s crackdown on Big Meat aims to increase competition to bring prices down. But cheap meat depends on ignoring the product’s true cost.

As critics debate Adam McKay’s latest film, perhaps the better question is where movies about climate change should go from here.

The American Legislative Exchange Council is pushing cookie-cutter laws that could lock pension funds and taxpayers into losing deals—while propping up coal and other fossil fuel firms.

We weren’t ready for omicron—by choice—and we’re paying in lost lives and livelihoods. What will convince our leaders to prepare for the next, inevitable surge?

Here are the stories our editors and readers alike loved this year.

Will major industries continue to insulate themselves from the climate crisis, or will they be made to address their own contributions to it?

The president has the power to reform the wayward Tennessee Valley Authority. It’s a bigger deal than you think.

The data we have suggests a connection—and the problem may be growing.

The USDA has become an inefficient monster that often promotes products that are bad for consumers and the environment. Let’s replace it with a Department of Food.

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

If he is, then he shouldn’t let Manchin stop him.

For young people, climate politics are understandably personal.

Not only must they pass Build Back Better. They need to do a lot more to save their midterm chances—and perhaps the planet.

How one 90-year ecological mystery reveals the complexities of conservation—and the problems with the “endangered species” approach.

The Covid variant came out of nowhere. Now it’s everywhere. And neither the government nor the people can stomach another round of severe pandemic restrictions.

Of course you’re tired of the pandemic. We all are. But succumbing to pandemic fatigue will condemn many to death.