books

How ‘Mother Trees’ Nurture Our Forests

New research documents how older trees support younger saplings, and offers a different way to think about logging and maintaining important carbon sinks.

Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski

The Invisible Infrastructure of Climate Resilience

By Claire Barber

‘Their Breath Was Captured in the Tree’

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Let Terry Tempest Williams Teach You How to Find Your Own Glorians

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do

By Steven Rodas

How to Think About the Extractive Problem of Lithium Mining

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

The 4-Billion-Year Perspective to Understanding Earth’s Current Climate Crisis

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

By Wyatt Myskow

The Environmental and Cultural Benefits of Restoring the American Prairie

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Lessons on Scaling Gift Economies—and How It Can Help the Planet

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment

By Dan Gearino

A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen

By Michael Kodas

‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’

By Kiley Bense

They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle

By James Bruggers

Social Scientist Dustin Mulvaney Discusses Solar Power, Trump and the Need to Prioritize Environmental Justice

By Dan Gearino

What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Climate Politics

By Dan Gearino