Sierra Magazine. Photo by halbergman/Getty Images
Can Markets Stop the Climate Crisis?
“The Price Is Wrong” makes a detailed case against private power
Undark and Mother Jones. Photos by Lorenzo Plazola Jr.
Tree by Tree, a Community Works to Reverse Its Racist Housing Legacy
Locals in Richmond, California, want a cooler, healthier hometown.
The Baffler issue 63. Graphic by Harrison Carter.
News from Somewhere
Rising up in an Oakland encampment.
Oxford American. Photo by Nina Riggio.
The Trap
The Venus flytrap only grows in the swamps around Wilmington, North Carolina. Are laws against poaching it too harsh?
Sierra magazine. Photo by Roger Trentham.
Wolves are coming back to Colorado, now comes the tricky part
A management plan will have to balance environmental and social needs.
Sierra magazine. Photo by Chris Tuite.
The Fire Deficit
Who is responsible for the West’s wildfires?
NBC News. Photo by Arun Sankar.
Billions could face temperatures inhospitable to human life in next 50 years, study finds
“It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that we must be looking at hundreds of millions of people being triggered to migrate,” an author of the study said.
Alpinist. Photo by Jonathan Griffith.
In Changing Light
Joe Purtell confronts fear, grief and beauty in the Cirque of the Unclimbables.
NBC News. Photo by Nina Riggio.
Low-income California communities enact plan to fight disproportionate air pollution
From agriculture and pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley to trucks and rail yards in East L.A., communities across California face unique air quality challenges.
Outside Magazine. Photo by Julie Ellison.
Palestine’s West Bank Is Becoming A Climbing Hub
Despite decades of conflict, Palestine is home to an up-and-coming climbing scene centered around top-notch—and untouched—limestone. A new guidebook hopes to show locals and foreigners alike how to navigate the region's rock safely and help foster cross-cultural understanding.
Bitterroot Magazine. Illustration by Cord Lopez.
As Denver Grows, a Rural Colorado Valley Fields Another Bid for its Water
Denver-based Renewable Water Resources wants to pump water from the rural San LuisValley to the fast-growing Front Range. Locals have fended off such proposals for decades.
91.5 KRCC. Photo courtesy of Colorado Malting Company.
Facing An Uncertain Future, A Family Farm Reinvents Itself As The Colorado Malting Company
In Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a small farm turns to craft beer instead of selling. Now they’re supporting three generations on the small plot of land.
The Colorado Sun. Photo by Nina Riggio.
Can rangeland apprenticeships stem the exodus of Colorado ranchers and keep America fed?
The average American farmer is 58 years old. Many inherited their generations-old operations from parents and grandparents, but now find they don't have anyone who wants to take over.
The Colorado Sun. Photo by Nina Riggio.
Acres of barren Boulder soil are headed to rehab (and that might just help fight climate change)
Project to make depleted open space owned by the city healthy again could be a blueprint for carbon capture and land management.
The Colorado Sun. Photo by Nina Riggio.
Acres of destruction left by Colorado’s historic avalanche season are also delivering climate change evidence
Researchers think secrets hidden in the rings of millions of felled trees may reveal the relationship between climate and avalanche cycles