On U.S. Public Lands, Can Biden Undo What Trump Has Wrought?
Early in the Trump presidency, Representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced a bill to sell off more than 3 million acres of Western public land. The outcry from conservation groups,…
Coal
As South Africa Clings to Coal, A Struggle for the Right to Breathe
Thomas Mnguni often woke to find the windows and floors of his home covered in a layer of black dust. Living between two coal mines and a landfill in Middelburg,…
Solution or Band-Aid? Carbon Capture Projects Are Moving Ahead
This summer, the Norwegian company Northern Lights will be drilling a second well line into an aquifer some 8,500 feet below the seafloor, getting it ready to receive liquefied waste…
A Golden Spike Would Mark the Earth’s Next Epoch: But Where?
At first glance, these nine sites scattered across the globe seem unremarkable. A peat bog in Poland’s Sudeten Mountains. Searsville Lake, in California, and Crawford Lake, in Ontario. A stretch…
As Pressures Mount, Poland’s Once-Mighty Coal Industry Is in Retreat
In Poland, the nation’s once-mighty coal industry is legend — and a curse. Poland touts itself as one of the major coal-producing countries of the 20th century, and its mining…