Selected Stories
An investigation into secret environmental data collected by mining companies on deep ocean ecosystems shows how little is known about the rare habitats targeted for industrial mining.
(National Geographic)
As the International Seabed Authority moves to permit the mining of unique deep-sea habitats, calls grow for it to disclose secretive deliberations about the environmental consequences of extracting valuable minerals from the ocean floor.
(Oceans Deeply)
The Emerald City is eliminating millions of plastic straws thanks to a collaboration between activists, business and the maker of a marine-safe alternative to a ubiquitous product. Now the campaign is moving to other major cities.
(Oceans Deeply)
Australian farmers are fighting to stop an enormous coal mine from destroying their way of life and the habitat of an iconic animal that is disappearing as the climate grows hotter.
(Participant Media)
Humboldt County's marijuana boom is destroying a unique redwood forest ecosystem and killing some of California's rarest wildlife. Now veteran pot farmers are fighting the ‘green rush’ to make cannabis cultivation truly sustainable.
(Participant Media)
Hawaii imports 90 percent of what it eats at great environmental cost. Now ag activists seek to make ‘grown here, not flown here’ a reality.
(Participant Media)
For the first time in decades, orcas are being hunted to supply the rapidly expanding industry's marine mammal shows.
(Participant Media)
Worldwide, testing labs, developers, financiers and insurers are reporting similar problems and say the $77 billion solar industry is facing a quality crisis just as solar panels are on the verge of widespread adoption.
(The New York Times)
From California to Arizona, demand for sites for solar power projects has ignited a land grab.
(Fortune Magazine)
An investigation shows that local officials are approving massive renewable energy projects despite repeated warnings from the federal government that they could kill an endangered species brought back from the brink of extinction.
(Forbes Magazine)
Many of the proposed solutions to the nation’s energy problems, from certain types of solar farms to biofuel refineries to cleaner coal plants, could consume billions of gallons of water every year.
(The New York Times)
Secretive investor David Gelbaum has quietly poured nearly $1 billion into environmental companies and causes.
(The New York Times)
California unions are using environmental laws to pressure renewable energy operators to hire their members - or else.
(The New York Times)
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is in emergency triage mode as it struggles with an avalanche of petitions and lawsuits over the endangered species list.
(The New York Times)
By "branding" one of Australia's endangered critters, mining giant Xstrata polishes its own badge.
(Time Magazine)
Just a year ago, the Amargosa vole was all but certain to go the way of the dodo.
(Participant Media)
Scientists are lab-testing a death fish that will wipe out its own species. Pests across the planet beware.
(Wired Magazine)
Could surfing become an Olympic sport thanks to artificial wavemakers?
(The Atlantic/Quartz)
