Asheville residents still can’t drink the water from their faucets. And the Helene disaster isn’t the first time this has happened.

The meat industry is pumping livestock full of antibiotics, exacerbating drug resistance in humans.

The PFAS in playing fields—and the open question of what they might do to kids—is turning into a culture war.

And they are fighting every effort to ban it.

Saying people support “steps” to address climate change is meaningless unless we specify what those steps are.

More than “hope” or “optimism,” the climate movement needs joy.

Tesla is planning to release a smaller, cheaper vehicle. It’s exactly what the American car market needs more of.

We know enough about microplastics to be worried. RFK Jr. should not be the only candidate with a plan to fight them.

The pop star’s use of hazily defined offsets to deflect criticism perfectly illustrates how the offsets market works in practice.

The industry insists that meat’s problems can be solved with technical fixes. We’ve seen this before.

Plants offered a respite from grief and anxiety. They also offered a new way to live in the world—with all its challenges.

Here are the most ridiculous suggestions for celebrating this season without trashing the planet—plus a few ideas that won’t devour your time or money.

Sure, it’s big enough to fit your Thanksgiving turkey—but that makes it a magnet for food waste too.

It started as a way to distract from the Iran-Contra affair. Now it’s a mockery of both American agriculture and our arbitrary legal system.

My toddler loves books like “But Not the Hippopotamus,” “Babar the Elephant,” and “Yertle the Turtle.” But the world he’s inheriting is losing these animals at an astonishing rate.

“We knew this would happen, but the difference is that we thought it would be a little bit later.”

It remains the most useful social media platform during a climate crisis. But its days seem numbered.

What explains the rise of noise complaints and get-off-my-lawn violence in America? Research points to one intriguing possibility.

“People don’t like lawns. That’s the irony.”

An increasing number of voices are urging people to refocus on the hyperlocal when national events feel too overwhelming.