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National Park Service Announces Park Entrance Fee Increases
By Sam Schipani The National Park Service announced on Thursday new entrance-fee increases for national parks across the country. The entrance price for most fee-collecting national parks will...
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Hit the Road With 10 Car Camping Must-Haves
By Rachel Walker Ahhhh, car camping—the traveler's embodiment of the "think global, act local" mantra. Unlike journeying to exotic destinations, which tend to require significant expense and loads of...
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Which Coffee Is Better for Biodiversity?
By Jason Daley When coffee consumers think about the most sustainable way to manage their caffeine habit, they normally think about the cup it's in: Is it recyclable? But what about the coffee itself?...
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REI Rolls Out Tough Sustainability Standards for All Its Brands
By Katie O'Reilly Those who love to recreate outdoors make for staunch environmental advocates. Last week, consumer co-op REI announced plans that should make it easier for its adventurer members to...
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Across the U.S., Climate Change Lawsuits Are Gaining Steam
The scandal-plagued head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says he's not sure whether "human activity ... is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see." The president has...
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New Documentary Unveils the World According to Wendell Berry
By Katie O'Reilly Wendell Berry hates screens. The 83-year-old novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic and Kentucky-based farmer is of the mind that TV and technological devices serve...
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The MacLehose Trail Is Hong Kong's Great Escape
By Mike Ives Gauzy lights flicker in the fog, outlining a summit. Otherwise, darkness. The only sounds I can hear are my breathing and the rustling of my windbreaker. A rocky chasm yawns below me,...
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7 Gardener-Approved Must-Haves to Grow Your Own Food
By Novella Carpenter In uncertain times, a garden can feel like a sanctuary. It doesn't matter if you have a windowsill planter, a plot in a community garden or a backyard orchard—growing your own...
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May Astronomical Highlights: Jupiter, Its Moons and a Meteor Shower
By Kelly Kizer Whitt On May 9, Jupiter reaches opposition, when from our earthly point of view, it will be opposite the sun in the sky. Stargazers consider opposition the best time to view a planet,...
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Meet the Adventurers Who Brave Glacial Caves in the Name of Science
By Megan Hill Eddy Cartaya and Brent McGregor have unearthed what might as well be another planet. It exists in the backyard of 6 million people, in areas frequented by scores of national park...
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Budweiser Re-Labels As Climate-Friendly Beer
By Katie O'Reilly You've heard of clean tech, but how about a clean buzz? While plenty of microbrewers, craft distillers and boutique wine-makers have in recent years made admirable strides toward...
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Fires Restore Wetlands for Desert Fish
By Sam Schipani It may seem strange to burn the area around the wetland as a habitat restoration technique, and even more oxymoronic to do so in order to save an aquatic creature in the desert. But...
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Self-Driving Cars Don’t See Cyclists Either
By Paul Rauber This Bike to Work Day, spare a thought for Elaine Herzberg, the Tempe, Arizona woman who was killed by an Uber self-driving car driving in autonomous mode on March 18. Both Uber and the...
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NEPA Is Under Threat—Here’s Why That Matters
By Sam Schipani Since the early days of his campaign for president, Donald Trump has been promising to make major investments in infrastructure. While the president has not been able to push his $1.5...
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Climate Litigation Against Big Oil Heats Up
By Jason Mark Can any one group of actors be held responsible for the damages caused by global climate change ? That was the central question argued in federal court on Thursday as attorneys...
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How the Honeybee Buzz Hurts Wild Bees
By Sam Schipani "Save the bees" is a rallying cry we've been hearing for years now—one that conjures up images of fuzzy black and yellow honeybees, sipping nectar from colorful flowers or swarming...
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June Astronomical Highlights: The Beehive Cluster and Blue Clouds
By Kelly Kizer Whitt Although June is the month with the least amount of darkness, for many, stargazing ramps up this month. It's finally warm enough in much of the U.S. to lounge outside, even at...
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Trump's BLM Ready to Sacrifice Ancient Rock Art for Gas Drilling
By Sam Schipani While the Ancestral Puebloan people of the Southwest were building citadels like Chaco Canyon , the Fremont people were carving mysterious petroglyphs depicting horned,...
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Air Pollution Linked to Genetic Changes in the Brain
By Jason DaleyThere's little question that air pollution is toxic for the human body. Studies have shown that particulate matter in the air can lead to lung disease, heart disease, strokes, and lung...
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High Seas Fishing as Economically Unsustainable as It Is Ecologically
By Carly Nairn Five countries are responsible for the majority of fishing in the high seas—international waters that are not under one country's jurisdiction. All five depend on enormous subsidies to...
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