Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, the country’s space agency reports.
Rooftop Camera Will Track How Local Forests Change With the Climate
A new rooftop camera at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will help researchers study how the local forest is responding to the weather, seasonal shifts, and the...
Michigan officials look to state forests as an offset for carbon emissions
Skeptics worry the plan will give polluters an inexpensive and imprecise option to meet future emission targets.
11th District candidates Davis, Cawthorn talk climate change, forest funding, Max Patch
Western North Carolina’s mountains aren’t just dreamy paintings come to life, from the Blue Ridge to the Great Smokies, they are money makers, global tourism destinations,...
Energy dominance or climate action: Trump, Biden and the fate of public lands
In Grand Junction, Colorado, the presidential election is a choice between two distinct energy futures.
Trump administration advances plan to cut protections for largest national forest
Plan to open Alaska’s Tongass national forest to logging faces backlash from environmental advocates, tribal nations and fishermen
Scientists Working to Understand Sinking Land in Charleston, South Carolina
Images of water flowing through the streets and rising over sidewalks in Charleston, South Carolina, are becoming increasingly more common.The city is no stranger to...
Smith & Hayes: Climate change order should focus on sequestration
The governor's Executive Order 20-04 deserves to be celebrated for encouraging 19 state departments and agencies to adopt climate change mitigation and adaptation as criteria...