Plug-in solar offers an easy way to save on power bills and transition to clean energy, but whether the market in the U.S. takes off depends on state laws and product standards.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a ...

I submit comments not necessarily because I think they will make a difference, but because I still want to believe in the essentials of democracy. I want to believe that my voice will be heard. So off ...

As the climate changes, ski resorts have begun relying more on machine-made snow, which comes with environmental consequences and limitations.

Our board members serve three-year terms, with a limit of three consecutive terms. And so we bring in new members regularly, seeking out folks with a strong commitment to our mission, the skills ...

Your excellent article “ Continental shift ” (January 2026) reminded me of a series of lectures I attended in a class in the environmental sciences department at the University of Virginia about 1975.

Two former, high-ranking Interior Department employees, from opposing political parties, call for an overhaul of public-land management.

Dave Foreman (another ex- Wilderness Society organizer) was the primary public speaker and rabble-rouser. Bart took on the role of movement troubadour, calling himself Johnny Sagebrush and leading the ...

This story was co-published with Public Domain. President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, offered contradictory explanations about his record of ...

Trails once quiet, save for the sinuous whoosh of a lone ski line, are suddenly dotted with fresh tracks. Backcountry skiing — long a niche pursuit of hardcore alpinists and telemark nostalgists — has ...

Imperiled northern red-legged frogs need to cross a 4-lane highway in Oregon to lay their eggs. Every winter, volunteers carry them across.

Beth Harrington’s 2025 documentary Our Mr. Matsura uses communally-held memory and traditional research to explore the little-known story of a Japanese photographer who documented the changing world ...