Climate wins
In This Series
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Future near perfect: How humans can still save the day by 2050
In "The World We Made," green guru Jonathon Porritt writes of a future where we fix the planet with renewable energy, smart food systems, and jetpacks. Bonus: It's all possible. (Except maybe the jetpacks.)
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Solar wins: How sunshine will save the planet (really!)
Please enjoy this sampling of solar victories to warm your cold, cynical heart.
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Just add compost: How to turn your grassland ranch into a carbon sink
Can open fields capture atmospheric carbon and stash it away in the soil? You bet, says the data from a project in Marin.
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13 major clean energy breakthroughs of 2013
The rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march toward a zero-carbon future.
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Water & oil: One battle to save the Sacred Headwaters ends, another begins
In the conclusion to our series, Shell Canada makes a surprising move in Northern B.C., and residents look to what's next.
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Water & oil: Under threat, Sacred Headwaters’ immune system kicks in
In part 2 of our series on Canada's Sacred Headwaters, tensions grow as a small First Nations tribe draws support from near and far for a showdown with Big Oil -- and itself.
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Water & oil: How natives & neighbors of the Sacred Headwaters battled drillers and won
In remote B.C., tribal elders, fishermen, hunters, and ordinary folks won a six-year fight to kick Big Oil out of their salmon-bearing backyard. Our three-part series explores what we can learn from their climate win.