In defense of the disappearing Sagebrush Sea
The largest intact ecosystem in the lower 48 states is being sold off because Americans were trained to see it as wasteland.
June 8, 2026
The current state of ‘carbon dioxide removal’ around the world
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies will need to be deployed at rates even faster than those seen for solar power, if the world is to have a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C by 2100, says a new report.
June 8, 2026
The cardinal’s lesson: What we fail to notice, we rarely protect
An encounter with a singing cardinal in a quiet spring woodland prompts a reflection on what birdsong can teach us about listening and the overlooked connections that bind human life to the wider living world.
June 5, 2026
Trump aid cuts could close database storing ‘world’s memory of disasters’
The world’s most comprehensive disaster database – relied on by thousands of climate scientists and policymakers – is at risk of closing as a result of cuts to US foreign aid by the Trump administration.
June 2, 2026
A vote to mine near the Boundary Waters puts a vital freshwater wilderness at risk
The effort to open parts of the Superior National Forest to copper-nickel mining has become a test case for how far governments are willing to go in trading long-term ecological protection for short-term resource extraction.
June 2, 2026
How the neoliberals won — and what we can learn from them
How movements working for a life-affirming future can learn from history — and from each other.
June 2, 2026
Is a new Copernican Revolution already underway?
A growing movement for the rights of nature and recognition of animal consciousness is challenging the ideology of human supremacy, treating the Earth as a community of beings rather than human property. It is a paradigm shift that may be the most urgent revolution of our time.
May 28, 2026
Troubled Waters
Microplastic pollution is an issue that’s easy to overlook, but it’s deceptively threatening to both ocean and human health.









