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A brightly colored illustration showing a green hydrogen hub. A container ship on a waterway and a hydrogen production and storage facility are in the foreground, a solar panel array and wind turbines are in the mid-ground, and a city and sunset sky are in the distance.

Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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Jane Jacobs, Savior of Cities

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
A new biography, documentary, and opera all celebrate the passion and ideas of urban life’s staunchest defender.

Suburban Sprawl Is Not Pro-Family

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The middle class may be getting squeezed out of our cities, but the author of a new book dangerously mistakes the symptom for the cure.

A Well-Rounded Education

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
We don’t let flat-earthers influence our science curricula. So why should climate skeptics have a say?

Apocalypse Soon

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
In the budding cli-fi genre, dystopian settings can be real-life motivators.

Denying the Deniers

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The Paris climate agreement just took away one of climate skeptics’ favorite arguments for inaction.

The onEarth 10

PerspectivesInternationalThe Editors
Think you can’t mix a healthy climate with a healthy economy? These business leaders and innovators are betting the world on the fact that we can.

Our Finest Hour

PerspectivesInternationalJeff Turrentine
How can we save the world? During the U.N. climate conference, we can—and should—find our inspiration in history.

Black Earth

PerspectivesUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Historian and author Timothy Snyder discusses climate change, genocide, and the ideology of Hitler.

Shhh! Not in Front of the Children!

PerspectivesUtah, United StatesJeff Turrentine
School officials in Utah think sixth graders are too young to be taught about climate change—but the perfect age to be misled about it.

Steaking Their Claim

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.

In a Flash

PerspectivesWest, United StatesAlisa Opar
A wildland firefighter documents one of the worst fire seasons on record.

Stalking the Sustainability Unicorn

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
What will be “the Uber of saving the planet?” (And, um, how do we get in on the ground floor?).

The Old College Try

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
Students are pushing their schools to divest from fossil-fuel companies. Administrations are pushing back. History tells us who will win.

The Voice of a Generation

PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson
Meet the “anti-Bieber”: Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez is the teenage superstar of the youth-led climate movement.

Yes, in Your Backyard

PerspectivesTexasBrian Palmer
Texas tells local governments not to mess with oil and gas.

Weeknight Dinner 2.0

PerspectivesUnited States
A slew of new dinner kits promise gourmet meals with a fraction of the effort. But will all that ease be good for the planet (and our waistlines)?

A Master of His Craft

PerspectivesUnited States
"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio has issued his verdict: We need safer, healthier food right now—and everyone deserves a place at the table.