Environment

The Ruling Class’s Ongoing Destruction of Nature in Colorado, a Sign of the Times

Phil Doe May 7, 2026

Forest Service Withdraws Cooke City Deforestation Project on the Border of Yellowstone National Park After Being Sued by Conservation Groups

Mike Garrity May 6, 2026

Freedom of Information Act Records Reveal U.S. Forest Service Considering Nationwide Chainsaw Use in Wilderness

CounterPunch News Service May 6, 2026

Vampire Planet: This Week in the Anthropocene

Joshua Frank May 1, 2026

Xavier Becerra Says We Must Think About the Future of Humanity — Then Cashes Checks from Chevron

Andrea León-Grossmann May 1, 2026

Dysfunction and Damage: Flathead National Forest’s Round Star Project

John Carter April 30, 2026

Conservationists File Lawsuit to Stop Forest Service’s Hyalite-South Cottonwood Old Growth Logging Project In Montana’s Most Popular National Forest Recreation Area 

Mike Garrity April 30, 2026

Trump Hits a Home Run for the Green Transition

Dean Baker April 29, 2026

Why the Southeast is Burning

Zachary Handlos April 29, 2026

Return of the Yellow Monster of the Diné: Uranium Mining on the Big Rez

Bill Hatch April 27, 2026

The Forest Service’s Bear-Palmer Logging and Burning Project Will Devastate Snag-Dependent Owls

Sara Johnson April 24, 2026

Trump Administration to Prioritize Livestock On Public Lands

George Wuerthner April 21, 2026

Stop Migrant Warehousing: Listen to the Voices of the Panther Clans

Lee Hall - beverly g. ward April 20, 2026

Exploring Extractive Frontiers: A Q&A with Thea Riofrancos

Chris Mills Rodrigo April 17, 2026

Bill Rees: Ecological Footprint Analysis Grew from a Boy’s Contemplation of “Soil and Sun”

Robert Jensen April 17, 2026

The Best Approach to the Preservation of Wilderness: Leave It Alone 

Suzanne Cable April 17, 2026

Water Rights Have Become Water Wrongs

Erik Molvar April 16, 2026

Wildlands and the Dance of Life

George Wuerthner April 16, 2026

The Most Misunderstood Shark: How Sand Tigers Defy Fear and Threats

Tanya Griffin Houppermans April 14, 2026

A Civilization May Yet Die

Laura Flanders April 13, 2026

Gold Mines of the Amazon

Roger Peet April 12, 2026

To Prevent the Extinction of Canada Lynx, the Forest Service Must Stop Clearcutting Lynx Habitat

Sara Johnson April 10, 2026

Toxic Dust From California’s Shrinking Salton Sea is Harming Children’s Lungs

Jill Johnston – Shohreh Farzan April 8, 2026

Federal Judge Halts Huge Forest Service Clearcutting Scheme West of Whitefish, Montana

Mike Garrity April 6, 2026

Navigating Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis

Tori Tsui April 3, 2026

What Clean Energy Transition?

Steve Hendricks April 3, 2026

Conservationists Win Another Battle in the Fight for Bitterroot Grizzly Bears

Mike Garrity April 2, 2026

Why Capitalism Relies on Nature and Care Work It Does Not Pay For

Gunnar Rundgren April 1, 2026

“Exterminate the Brutes”: From American Concentration Camps to Contemporary Imperialism

Jonah Raskin April 1, 2026

Montana’s Ailing Rivers Need More Water, Not Words and Endless Studies

George Ochenski March 30, 2026

The Forest Service Cannot Cut the Public Out of Determining the Future of Holland Lake Lodge

Mike Garrity March 30, 2026

Oil Wars: Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy

John K. White March 26, 2026

How Environmental Laws Are Shifting the Focus From Humans to Nature

Erika Schelby March 25, 2026

The Case for Global Climate Reparations

John Feffer March 24, 2026

Same Battles Over and Over: The 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

Michael Donnelly March 23, 2026