A roundup of ideas for how to break fossil fuels’ hold over the country’s dysfunctional political system

Natural gas causes methane emissions. Ben can’t handle hearing that, apparently.

Oil companies aren’t people whose hearts can be persuaded toward better behavior. They have a single purpose: to deliver a return on investment.

The demonstration may have been cringey, but we do need to eat less meat.

Defeating Bolsonaro in this month’s runoff election is the beginning, but it’s not enough.

The U.S. climate envoy seemed to come unglued this week when Farhana Yamin, a veteran environmental lawyer and climate negotiator, asked him about funding for nations recovering from climate catastrophe.

While the bill will fall short of the Biden administration’s ambitious climate goals, the fact that it will include climate provisions of any kind is an unexpected surprise.

Research suggests a surprising motive for environmentalism: feeling good.

OkCupid users say climate denial is now their top deal-breaker.

The president has the power to reform the wayward Tennessee Valley Authority. It’s a bigger deal than you think.

It’s too warm out for thick sweaters and hot cider. The fall leaves aren’t changing like they used to. But some people won’t let global warming spoil their cherished, Instagrammable seasonal traditions.

The conservative Democrat is insisting that Biden’s Build Back Better Act include funding for carbon capture projects. But even the fossil fuel industry admits the tech is a nonfactor in fighting global warming.

It’s real meat, biologically speaking, not a plant-based imitation. But it didn’t come from a living, breathing animal. The words used to brand it could make all the difference—just ask GMO producers.

The purveyors of “grass-fed” beef want you to believe that it solves meat’s environmental problem. But this is merely a branding exercise, not a climate solution.

Air pollution is just as fatal as hurricanes, and it profoundly affects our well-being. Yet we no longer treat it as a crisis.

Greece’s wildfires are a reminder that the failure to act is first a failure of imagination.

The president says he wants to take climate change and tribal consultation seriously, but his Justice Department’s actions through the first six months are less reassuring.

Periodical cicadas were born out of crisis. Now we’ve created a crisis they may not survive.

Nigeria’s forests are being decimated to make charcoal for cookouts in Europe and the United States.

Oysters are one of the few crops that are hard to overfarm—and they come with a bevy of ecological benefits.