Solar on railroad tracks, a worsening European fire season, and everyday climate heroes

We find that the US is on track to reduce GHG emissions by 27-41% below 2005 levels in 2040, considering all relevant federal and state policies on the books as of June 2026.

The Forest Service hasn't been holding public meetings to discuss major changes to the Roadless Rules. Now people are holding their own.

Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026

Interactive map tracking current threats to America's public lands. Explore environmental challenges, report new threats, and take action to protect these precious landscapes.

193 million acres of America's public lands face unprecedented attacks. It's time to pay attention.

Federal officials in August proposed terminating a 25-year-old rule protecting millions of forest acres from development, including 2 million in Oregon.

One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

The Trump administration has proposed a new plan to more than quadruple the amount of logging to 2.5 million acres of public land in western Oregon. Stand up for living forests and the endangered spec...

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

A 5-year-old boy was detained with his father by ICE agents in Minnesota in what some local officials say is the latest instance of heightened immigration enforcement.

The Dalles, a rural city in north-central Oregon, wants to expand its reservoir in the Mount Hood National Forest so it can store more water. While city officials say the water is needed for a growing...

A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.

OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

If we’re serious about housing affordability, we can’t just count units. We have to care about where and how we build.

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.

A look at Laudato si’, Pope Francis’ radical encyclical on care for the environment, which has been praised as “the most important piece of ...

Tabula Rasa Farms and its bed and breakfast, Inn the Ground, combine agritourism and regenerative farming.

As the fires that ravaged Los Angeles in January ebbed, many trees were left standing next to burnt down homes. Here’s why.

If there's one universally accepted truth in the modern age, it's that sequels suck. And Trump 2.0 will be no exception. Trump, Vance, and their MAGA minions feel vindicated by the victory of their bi...