In Season 1 of Threshold, we reported on the decades-long fight to get the federal government to transfer the National... more

A few weeks ago, Yellowstone National Park released a draft plan for managing bison in the park. In this dispatch,... more

Yellowstone National Park recently released a new plan for managing the bison herd. It’s in draft form, and maps out... more

A lyrical ode to our atmosphere: the invisible, underappreciated substance that makes all life on Earth possible. There are quite a... more

A few weeks ago, the Biden administration approved the Willow project. It’s a plan to extract 600 million barrels of... more

Representatives from nearly every country in the world are in Egypt right now for COP27, the annual climate conference hosted... more

In many ways, the climate crisis is an identity crisis. As we reckon with the damage we’ve done, we’re being... more

The climate crisis is not just a problem of carbon emissions: it's one of inequality. In fact, global warming and... more

The UN climate talks, or COPs, are attempting the biggest, most complicated, highest-stakes group project humanity has ever known. They... more

The UN climate talks, or COPs, are a lot of different things: they're confusing, bureaucratic, inspiring, boring, infuriating, and exhilarating.... more