NewsletterHuub Janssen/Flickr Despite protests in Luetzerath, a German coal mine expands Images of demonstrations in the village of Luetzerath, beside a gigantic coal-mine pit.
Politics www.theatlantic.com Forest Fires Are Setting Chernobyl’s Radiation Free - The Atlantic Trees now cover most of the exclusion zone, and climate change is making them more likely to burn.
Causes www.theatlantic.com A BP oil-spill settlement gone wrong A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?
Politics www.theatlantic.com Nuclear tests marked life on Earth with a radioactive spike Even as it disappears, the “bomb spike” is revealing the ways humans have reshaped the planet.
Politics www.theatlantic.com How Trump boxed the EPA out of a major climate rollback The Trump administration’s attempt to kill one of America’s strongest climate policies has been a complete debacle.
Solutions Deep-sea mining and the race to the bottom of the ocean It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
Impacts www.theatlantic.com What's killing the kittiwake? To change the fate of the kittiwake, scientists are trying to model its world.
Despite protests in Luetzerath, a German coal mine expands