After Oil After Oil
Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., is a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince its 3,000 workers they’re on the same side?
Oct 14, 2023 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
Virginians Are Fighting Climate Change Through Down-Ballot Races Virginians Are Fighting Climate Change Through Down-Ballot Races
Twenty of the 25 candidates supported by a pro-environment political group won their primaries.
Jun 27, 2023 / Madeline Ostrander
Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope
Alaska residents are living in an impossible situation: The state depends on oil to sustain itself—and that economy is simultaneously wreaking permanent damage on both the Arctic a...
Feb 28, 2023 / Madeline Ostrander
The Future of Climate Adaptation Is Here in the Native Village of Newtok, Alaska The Future of Climate Adaptation Is Here in the Native Village of Newtok, Alaska
Newtok has been moving to safer ground while facing mounting crisis. A story of both struggle and success, it's become a model for communities in the path of disaster.
Dec 14, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander
This Holiday Season, You Can Find Ways to Talk to Your Family About the Climate Crisis This Holiday Season, You Can Find Ways to Talk to Your Family About the Climate Crisis
Once you ask people about the ways they see the climate changing around them, many want to engage.
Nov 23, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander
In the Era of Climate Migration, What Will “Home” Mean? In the Era of Climate Migration, What Will “Home” Mean?
You can cling to home as property—fight for yourself and your own financial gain. Or you can love a home and belong to it—and defend community, place, and planet.
Aug 4, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander
In 2020, Millennials and Generation Z Could Force Politicians to Deal With Climate Change In 2020, Millennials and Generation Z Could Force Politicians to Deal With Climate Change
For the first time, younger people, across the board, are more motivated to act on climate change than their elders.
Aug 23, 2019 / Madeline Ostrander
The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands
In Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Miriam Horn reminds us what Middle America looks like as a place, not an ideology.
Jun 19, 2017 / Madeline Ostrander
This Keystone Activist Is Bringing the Tactics That Defeated the Pipeline Into the Democratic Party This Keystone Activist Is Bringing the Tactics That Defeated the Pipeline Into the Democratic Party
Until now, the movement against climate change hasn’t waded into party politics. With the 2016 election, that’s changing.
Jul 1, 2016 / Madeline Ostrander