Skip to main content

Close

Change is Coming. And We've Got It Covered.

Our journalists work hard to inform by bringing you the news that matters - which is often about how the world is. But we think the most important part of our mission is to inspire—and so we work hard to bring you the voices of visionaries who dream about how the world should be. Please support our 2019 Spring Campaign today. We can't do it without you.

Please select a donation method:

BOLD VISION. SMART POLICY. THE COURAGE TO ACT.

Make no mistake. Change is coming. And we've got it covered.

Arctic

Thawing Permafrost Emitting Higher Levels of Potent Greenhouse Gas Than Previously Thought: Study

Point Barrow

Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability

Jon Queally, staff writer

The Yukon River winds through western interior Alaska in early April. (Photo: UAF/Todd Paris)

"Never have so many Arctic indicators been brought together in a single paper." And the findings spell trouble for the entire planet.

Read More

'Huge Victory for Our Oceans': Trump Effort to Open Arctic to Oil and Gas Drilling Ruled Illegal

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The judge's ruling today shows that the president cannot just trample on the...

Read More

UN Report Warns 'Locked In' Arctic Temperature Spikes Will Unleash Global Sea Level Rise

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

glacier

"We have the science; now more urgent climate action is needed to steer away...

Read More

A member of the Porcupine caribou herd

New Legislation Aims to Avert Arctic Giveway to 'Corporate Polluters' Sneaked Into GOP Tax Scam

bears in a local dump

'Mass Invasion': Russian Islands in State of Emergency as Hotter Planet Drives Polar Bears to Hunger

arctic sea ice

'An Indication of What's Coming': Melting at North and South Poles Worse Than Previously Thought

In Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, an exceptionally warm summer in 2004 triggered this 300m long slump associated with thawing permafrost.

Melting Permafrost Projections Reveal Paris Climate Goals at Risk: Study

'Scary': After Abnormally Warm Winter, Arctic's Strongest Sea Ice Breaks Up for First Time on Record

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Sweden.

'Unprecedented' Heat Wave Fueling Arctic Fires Made More Than Twice as Likely by Climate Change: Analysis

Wildfires are raging in countries around the world, including northern Sweden—above the Arctic Circle. (Photo: @AssaadRazzouk/Twitter)

As Wildfires Rage and Heat Records Broken Worldwide, Corporate Media Urged to Cover Climate Crisis' Link to Extreme Weather

Extreme Winter Weather Across US and Europe Linked to Unusually Warm Arctic Temperatures

Researchers 'Staggered' by 'Crazy, Crazy' Record-Setting Warm Winter in Arctic

With All Eyes on Trump White House Dysfunction, the Real Meltdown Is in the Arctic

People take part in the Women's March in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2018. (Photo: Kathy Knorr/flickr/cc)bluebird womens march Women's March SF Jan 21 2018

These Scientists' Tweets About Arctic Warming Might Scare Your Pants Off

Trump: I 'Didn't Care' About Arctic Refuge Until Big Oil Friend Said I Should

Further

Everything Is Not Awesome

Furious that Arctic-trashing Shell is using kid-friendly LEGO to clean up its image - reportedly selling 16 million Shell-branded toys worth $116 million - Greenpeace has begun a campaign aimed at pressuring LEGO to end the sketchy partnership. Protests at England's Legloland, and a darkly stunning new ad in which an idyllic Arctic, huskies and all, drowns in oil.

Newswire

Sierra Club

At Annual Meetings, Banks and Oil Companies to Face Questions About Arctic Drilling

Environment America

Statement: The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act Is the Strong Step We Need to Protect the Crown Jewel of Our Wildlife Refuge System

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Restore Protections to the Arctic Refuge

Sierra Club

Interior Pushes Forward Irresponsible Arctic Offshore Drilling Project

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Approves Offshore Oil Drilling Project in Arctic

Sierra Club

As Banks and Investors Reject Arctic Drilling, Where is Wells Fargo?

Views

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Rapid Warming Deserves More Than a Lukewarm Response

Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Subhankar Banerjee, Finis Dunaway, & Norma Kassi

Arctic Refuge Protectors: An Open Letter from Teachers and Scholars

Andy Rowell

2018 Starts With “Record Lows In Arctic Sea Ice Extent”

Andy Rowell

The Arctic – Our Climate Canary in the Coal Mine – Issues Further Warnings

Subhankar Banerjee

The Last Oil: Gathering to Resist Trump’s Reckless Arctic Energy Policy

Andy Rowell

Welcome to the “New Arctic”: The Region “As We Once Knew It Is No More”

Subhankar Banerjee

Drilling, Drilling, Everywhere...

Annika Nilsson, Miyase Christensen, Tom Buurman

The Thawing Arctic Beyond Flags

Shreya Dasgupta

Top 10 Happy Environmental Stories of 2016

Brennan Lagasse

Arctic Waters Have Been Rescued From Drilling, But What About the Land?

Order stickers here...