EPA Sets ‘Groundbreaking’ Limits on Six Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

Extraordinary new limits introduced to require municipal utilities to remove six PFAS compounds from drinking water.

Tom Perkins The Guardian

Biden Administration Approves Controverial Willow Drilling Project in Alaska’s North Slope

Critics say the project is a ‘carbon bomb’ that runs counter to president’s climate goals.

Maureen Nandini Mitra

High Seas Treaty: Historic Deal to Protect International Waters Finally Reached at UN

After almost 20 years of talks, United Nations member states agree on legal framework for parts of the ocean outside national boundaries.

Karen McVeigh The Guardian

Hundreds of Lynx to Be Hunted in Sweden Following Biggest Ever Wolf Cull

Conservationists condemn latest cull as ‘trophy hunting’, while hunters admit it is ‘about the excitement.’

Beata Furstenberg The Guardian

Urban Resilience from the Ground Up

A small favela in Rio shows how it’s done by building its own sustainable sanitation and energy systems.

Lobato Felizola

Can We Move Coral Reefs?

Assisted migration may help declining coral ecosystems.

Scarlett Buckley

In Rural US, Right-to-Repair Laws Push Back Against Corporate Power

Companies currently have more control than ever over what farmers and other consumers can do with the products they buy.

Leland Glenna

In NYC, Oyster Gardens are Inspiring Residents to Reimagine the Harbor Estuary

'The biggest realization for a lot of people is that there is life in New York’s Harbor.'

Alison Sant

Bounding Toward Recovery

The Iberian lynx — one of the world's most endangered cats — made a giant leap toward a comeback in just a few years, easing the way for other species to follow in its path.

April Reese

Zombies and Canaries: Early Warning Sea Level Rise Art

Once deemed crazy, conceptual public art projects imagining climate changed coastlines are now seen as prescient.

Fred Nadis

EPA Discloses Additional, Concerning Chemicals Released During Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

They include multiple carcinogens and chemicals that are toxic to aquatic life.

Kristina Marusic

Video Raises Questions About Tortuguita’s Death at “Cop City” Amid Permit Appeal

The release of body camera footage and permit challenge come as one Atlanta Police Foundation board member steps down.

Candice Bernd

A Blueprint for Those Hoping to Beat Corporate Greed

'The Water Defender’s' telling of how a small group of El Salvadorians took on global mining interests is inspiring and empowering.

William Powers

The Newt Normal

Droughts, wildfires, and heat waves are putting unprecedented strain on newts. With help, scientists hope, they may be able to persevere.

Emily Sohn Photographs by Anton Sorokin

The City Bee

What urban beekeepers want you to know about life through the eyes of a metropolis-loving pollinator.

Carly Nairn

Four-Day-Old Baby Orangutan Needlessly Killed at the Basel Zoo

Zoos kill otherwise healthy animals for a wide variety of self-serving reasons and call it 'management euthanasia.'

Marc Bekoff