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The Long Road to Safer School Buses

NRDC in ActionWashington, California, New Jersey, TexasAmanda MacMillan
A landmark NRDC study showed that standard-issue diesel-spewing school buses could put kids at risk of cancer—and drove a national effort to clean the vehicles up.

Greening the Playing Fields

NRDC in ActionPhiladelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), BostonAmanda MacMillan
How the sports industry became one of the planet's most powerful allies.

The Soil Savior

DispatchTexasJeff Turrentine
A Texas farmer is bucking tradition by putting soil health above all else. The result? Water-retaining, nutrient-rich pay dirt.

Going Whole Hog Without Antibiotics

DispatchMissouriBarry Estabrook
Farmer Russ Kremer caught a drug-resistant infection from his own pigs. Now he's raising them right.

Toxic Two-Step

DispatchTexasJeff Turrentine
When politicians and corporate polluters step onto the dance floor in Texas, the state’s environmental agency provides the music.

A Carbon Sink, Sinking

Latest NewsBrazilBrian Palmer
A new study suggests excess carbon dioxide is shrinking the Amazon.

Fall Guys

Latest NewsCanadaJason Bittel
Canada is killing wolves to save endangered caribou. The real problem? Tar sands development.

Can't Beat 'Em? Eat 'Em

PerspectivesConnecticutAlexis Sobel Fitts
I did my thing for the environment by feasting on strange creatures at a weirdly delicious New Haven sushi restaurant.