Biodiversity & Conservation

At the UN Water Conference, Running to Keep Up with an Ambitious 2030 Goal for Universal Water Rights

Delegates met on water issues for the first time in 46 years, with climate change making action ever more urgent. In some regions, progress must quadruple to provide clean water and sanitation for all by 2030.

By Delaney Dryfoos

America’s Forests Are ‘Present and Vanishing at the Same Time’

By Kiley Bense

Republicans Propose Nationwide Offshore Wind Ban, Citing Unsubstantiated Links to Whale Deaths

By Kristoffer Tigue

A New White House Plan Prioritizes Using the Ocean’s Power to Fight Climate Change

By Bob Berwyn

Washington’s Treasured Cherry Blossoms Prompt Reflection on Local Climate Change

By Emma Ricketts

Maryland, Virginia Race to Save Dwindling Commercial Fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay

By Aman Azhar

Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming?

By Delaney Dryfoos, Bob Berwyn

Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves

By Kiley Bense

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Fact-Finding Panel to Investigate Mexico’s Tren Maya Railroad for Possible Environmental Violations

By Katie Surma

In Atlanta, Proposed ‘Cop City’ Stirs Environmental Justice Concerns

By Victoria St. Martin

Western Firms Certified as Socially Responsible Trade in Myanmar Teak Linked to the Military Regime

By Scilla Alecci and Jelena Cosic

Kentucky Residents Angered by US Forest Service Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees

By Marianne Lavelle

What Denmark’s North Sea Coast Can Teach Us About the Virtues of Respecting the Planet

By Kiley Bense

Director Marcos Colón Takes an Intimate Look at Three Indigenous Leaders’ Fight to Preserve Their Ancestral Connection to Nature in the Amazon

By Katie Surma

Fracking Wastewater Causes Lasting Harm to Key Freshwater Species

By Liza Gross

Nursing Florida’s Ailing Manatees Back to Health

By Amy Green, WMFE

Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories

By Katie Surma

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

By Liza Gross

After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska

By Max Graham