Naquib Hossain/Flickr A proud ship turned into a giant recycling problem. So Brazil plans to sink it. The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org A faked kidnapping and cocaine: A Montana mine’s descent into chaos The Signal Peak Mine was embroiled in a web of criminal activity. Now, environmental groups want to shut it down.
Causes Image by Mikes-Photography from Pixabay The climate impact of your neighborhood, mapped Where and how you live shapes your household’s contribution to climate change. Explore differences across the nation.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Why is New York still building on the waterfront? There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water.
Politics www.nytimes.com What does sustainable living look like? Maybe like Uruguay No greater challenge faces humanity than reducing emissions without backsliding into preindustrial poverty. One tiny country is leading the way.
Top Storywww.flickr.com The hunt for big hail Hailstones of record size are falling left and right, and hailstorm damage is growing. But there is surprisingly little research to explain why.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
