List of Environment articles
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A strong wind blows embers around a resident hosing his burning property during the Creek Fire in Sunland, California, on Dec. 5, 2017. Trump’s Shadow War on Climate Science
The resignation of a State Department official is the latest instance of a systematic suppression of evidence, former officials and whistleblowers say.
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A gas flare from an oil well is seen near Williston, North Dakota, on Sept. 6, 2016. The United States’ Gas Flare-Up
Why an environmental and economic problem that was on the decline is back with a vengeance.
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A cattle farmer and director of the local wind farm talks with a regional historian on Aug. 8, 2013, on Pellworm Island, northern Germany, where a shift toward a zero-carbon future has been driven by locals, not energy companies. The Public Can Solve Climate Change if We Let It
The most efficient way of spreading renewable energy? Getting local communities involved.
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A climate change protester walks near Parliament in London on Dec. 8, 2007. Europe Should Bide Its Time on Climate Change
Ursula von der Leyen put forth an ambitious agenda to cut emissions, but the time may not be right for her plans.
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CK: No caption, but leave a space in caption field to ensure it works right! NASA via Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images Space Research Can Save the Planet—Again
The solutions to climate change lie far, far away.
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A wind farm in Jacobsdorf, Germany, on Feb. 27. PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images Climate Change Requires Big Solutions. But Baby Steps Are the Only Way to Go.
Dramatic projects to mitigate global warming often don’t work. Slow, quiet, incremental policies are the planet’s best hope.
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Twitter-foreign-policy-cover-summer-2019-climate-change-party-of-one Who Will Save the Planet?
Meet five unlikely saviors of Earth's climate crisis.
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Greta Thunberg attends the Youth for Climate march in Brussels on Feb. 21. Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images Democracy Is the Planet’s Biggest Enemy
Young people care a lot about climate change—but most of them can’t vote. Here’s how governments can adapt to accommodate them.
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Lower Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Global Warming
A decade after the world bailed out finance, it’s time for finance to bail out the world.
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Joanne Chory at the Salk Institute. Can ‘Supercharged’ Plants Solve the Climate Crisis?
Crops already suck up a lot of carbon dioxide. One scientist thinks they can do much more.
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Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on July 16. Ursula von der Leyen’s Big Promises for Europe
A transcript of the nominee’s remarks at the European Parliament plenary session.
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Day laborers stack planks of wood that arrived from Kunar at a storage facility in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on May 30. Afghanistan’s Forests Are Turning a Profit for the Islamic State
Wood smuggling is big business for the terrorist group.
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A group exercises in the smog near the tomb of Mohammed Shah at Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi on Jan. 12. India’s Deadly War on Experts
Empty promises and bad data won’t solve the air pollution crisis.
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A tea plantation worker shows off plucked tea leaves in the Nuwara Eliya district of Sri Lanka on Feb. 5. Spilling the Tea in Sri Lanka
As large colonial-era tea plantations crumble, family-owned plots are trying to take their place and save the industry.
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Protesters wave flags during a rally near the Bourj Hammoud landfill north of Beirut on Aug. 16, 2017. Greetings From Trash Mountain
Lebanon is replacing its famed peaks with ones made of trash. Its population’s health—and pocketbooks—are suffering.
