List of Environment articles
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This undated photo shows a rat in the a Are Rats Actually That Bad?
The rodent’s reputation, revamped.
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Signage indicating directions at Nusantara, the future capital city of Indonesia, in East Kalimantan. Indonesia’s New Capital Is a Mess of Trees and Dirt
Environmental questions linger over the Nusantara project.
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Residents look on from their flooded house after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo. Who Pays for Climate Action?
Small island states are pointing the way on finding innovative funding.
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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech during the Green Deal Summit 2023 on September 26, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Europe’s Green Moment Is Over
After years of riding high, EU elections are about to send the continent’s green parties back to earth.
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The view from above a group of people as they lay on scorched, dry ground. No, It’s Not Too Late to Save the Planet
Doomism robs people of the agency and incentive to participate in a solution to the climate crisis.
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A city power worker removes an illegally connected electrical cable in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 9, 2022. Can South Africa Keep the Lights On?
Even with the suspension of power cuts, voters remain skeptical ahead of the country's general elections.
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A steel worker takes an iron sample from a blast furnace, surrounded by molten iron. How Steel Built the Modern Economy
And how it might yet save it.
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Copper miners at the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana. Uncle Sam Wants You to Join the Mining Industry
A major talent squeeze is complicating Washington’s critical mineral ambitions.
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A ripped American flag rests abandoned along a road during a protest in response to the Republican National Convention being held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Democracy Has Run Out of Future
The underlying reason for the West’s democratic crisis may be a lost sense of open-ended time.
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A swan makes a nest out of plastic trash near a sewage drain on the banks of the Danube River, close to downtown Belgrade, Serbia, on April 18, 2022. No, Recycling Won’t Solve Our Plastic Problem
The world must come together to address the full life cycle of this ubiquitous material.
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Greenpeace activists pose with placards as they stage a protest seeking to block the oil tanker "Seychelles Pioneer," reportedly carrying Russian oil, in the Port of Antwerp on April 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Shadow Fleet Could Create Strange Allies
Both Greenpeace and NATO are working against off-book oil tankers.
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The sun sets over the first offshore wind farm in France, off the coast of the western city of Saint-Nazaire. Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
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A group of people on motorbikes ride on the street in front of a massive microchip fabrication plant. The company name, TSMC, is displayed in large red letters on the front of the building. The Chipmaking World Hedges Its Taiwan Bets
Earthquake or not, building semiconductor factories off the island has become a global imperative.
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Andrew Sweetman, a deep-sea ecology professor wearing a gray boiler suit and white hard hat, kneels on one knee as he gestures to research equipment on the deck of a ship beneath a pale cloudy sky in the Pacific Ocean. Washington Wants In on the Deep-Sea Mining Game
The scramble for critical minerals is heating up under the sea, but lawmakers fear the United States could be left behind.
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This picture taken on March 7, shows the Rubymar cargo ship sinking off the coast of Yemen after a Houthi missile attack The Houthis Have Declared War on the Environment
The green movement must speak out about pollution from Red Sea maritime terrorism, which will devastate livelihoods and the oceans.
