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Spinning Records Without the Vinyl

DispatchNew York CityMelissa Denchak
Jazz pianist Fabian Almazan started Biophilia Records to make great music—and environmental change.

The Concrete Farmer

DispatchNew York CityMelissa Denchak
A farmer’s daughter turned marketing exec tries something in-between: community gardening—where the business of “knowing your audience” applies just as well.

Small Towns Fight Big Oil on the Hudson

DispatchNew YorkJenny Shalant
New Yorkers are resisting efforts to sextuple the number of anchorage grounds in the river and transform their backyard into a parking lot for oil barges.

Fixing the Pane Point

DispatchUnited States, New YorkJordan Davidson
One woman’s mission to save songbirds from their greatest man-made threat: windows.

Last Chance for the Hawaiian Crow?

Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel
The 'alalā has been extinct in the wild since 2002, but a reintroduction program hopes to have Hawaiians saying aloha to the bird once again.

The Maple Leaf Lag

Latest NewsCanadaJeff Turrentine
Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has a chance to make amends for a decade of climate inaction. But if it’s ever to catch up, it needs to start right now.

No Photos, Please

DispatchWyomingAlisa Opar
New Wyoming laws stifle freedom of speech and make citizen science illegal.

Bring Out Your Dead

Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer
TransCanada makes a desperate bid to revive the persistently vegetative Keystone XL pipeline.

Extreme Exhibitry

Latest NewsNew York City, United StatesClara Chaisson
New York City is getting a museum entirely devoted to climate change.

Oh, Canada…

Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer
Meet Timothy Ball, our northerly neighbor’s most prominent climate change denier.

Accident at Indian Point

Latest NewsNew YorkBrian Palmer
Is it safe to operate a nuclear reactor 34 miles from 8.4 million people?