The loss of life is happening at a pace "without precedent in human history," according to the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London. Biodiversity has experienced a whopping 73 percent decline in the last 52 years. But some populations are actually rising. 🌎

The US Forest Service is proposing to move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Salt Lake City. If completed, the agency would lose all nine regional offices; close 57 research facilities across 31 states and consolidate that work into a single location in Fort Collins, Colorado.

The federal government has just finalized a suite of updates to the Endangered Species Act that undermines its ability to protect habitat. Each of the rule changes, conservationists argue, could put the nation’s wildlife icon in peril. However, manatees are uniquely vulnerable to all three. 🌎

Vermejo is the brainchild of CNN founder Ted Turner, who purchased the land—part of Ted Turner Reserves and the biggest in his constellation of properties totaling some 2 million acres—in 1996. Vehicles at Vermejo bear dandelion-yellow stickers with Turner’s motto, “Save Everything.”

The NEVI program was set to spend $5 billion to help states build a nationwide highway EV charging network. But President Donald Trump, on the first day of his second term, tried to scrap NEVI the programs. Meet one of the attorneys who led the charge to restore funding for millions of people.

Farmers have face a conundrum in recent years: They want to make extra money by leasing portions of their land for large-scale renewable energy projects but neighbors fear that farmland is being traded for energy development. But what if there was another way? Enter agrivoltaics.

The Trump administration finalized a rule on Monday that significantly rolls back fuel economy standards on motor vehicles—a move that harms public health, the environment and consumers pocketbooks. It comes as gas prices skyrocket and Americans reel from an affordability crisis.

Before World War II, many buildings were constructed from natural materials like wood, stone, and thatch. However, after the war, organic building elements were replaced by petrochemicals. But Bio-based materials offer homeowners easy, cheap options that allow consumers to avoid pesky synthetics.

The Trump administration is trying to delist wolves to placate frustrated ranchers whose bottom lines are being undercut by tariffs. Blaming the big-bad wolf is an old trope beloved by ranchers, but allowing killing wolves won’t stop predation. Here's what will. 🌎

Tern Island, a former military outpost, is the main nesting ground for green sea turtles, but abandoned and deteriorating structures trap and kill nesting females. @joespring.bsky.social, who covered this in our fall issue, just reported that over 1,000 turtles were rescued from such standings. 🌎

There have been four global coral bleaching events recorded since 1998, with coral experiencing its sharpest decline of nearly 9 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to a recent report. This occurred during the last El Niño event. Researchers say this year's El Niño could be way worse.

Fifty energy utilities in the United States are failing to transition off of fossil fuels—the primary driver of the climate crisis—toward clean energy sources, despite the clear evidence that change is needed, according to the Sierra Club's 2026 Dirty Truth report, released today.

Beavers are freshwater animals; this is indisputable. But beavers are engineers capable of creating the habitats they need to survive, which is why researchers are finding them in unexpected places. This includes coasts, where freshwater meets the sea. 🌎

More than 3 billion people play video games, making them the largest form of entertainment on Earth. They are also platforms where enormous communities can be built and values can spread. Increasingly, they are even becoming a place where climate change themes are rendered, explored, and contested.

It’s no secret that data centers have vast environmental consequences. But far less attention has been paid to the industries poised to benefit from their enormous power needs. As the projected demands from AI rise, some developers are increasingly turning to fossil fuels—particularly gas.

As the federal government erases place names and decenters voices of color, local leaders at these California state parks are trying to reflect the full breadth of the state’s history.

The Supreme Court has recognized and upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases for nearly two decades. But the EPA is repealing the 2024 greenhouse gas standards for power plants and eliminating climate pollution controls for the electric sector. This is disastrous for the climate.

When was the last time you heard the words climate change during a news broadcast? While news reports abound of extreme weather disasters—scorching heat waves, dangerous flash flooding, and monster wildfires—few news broadcasters mention that these disasters are being supercharged by climate change.

This year’s El Niño is coming in hot: The weekly Niño 3.4 Index reached +2.7°C on August 12, far higher than previous already warm cycles and earning the title “super El Niño.” Despite these highs, scientists say what's to come will likely break even more records. Reported by @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social

Prior to the 1850s, the Bay Area had an estimated 540,000 acres of tidal wetlands and marshes. As the region was settled, those wetlands were dredged and filled. An ecological reckoning came in the early 1960s with the Save the Bay campaign. That activism lives on today.