Threshold is a Peabody Award-winning podcast about people and the planet. Each season, we do a deep dive into one pressing environmental... 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... 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
If the steel industry were a country, it would be the world's third-largest emitter. So to prevent a climate catastrophe,... more