Three reasons why wildfires are still ravaging California’s environment, despite the end of the drought. What’s an energy vampire, and how can you slay it? Greta Thunberg declines the Nordic Council’s 2019 environmental prize. Tesla CEO Elon Musk pays for 1 million trees to be planted. Big hotel chains are working to source their fish…

Virginia Democrats campaigned on fighting the climate crisis and won. The official word[s] of the year for 2019? “Climate strike.” New Zealand passes a law that sets 2050 as its net zero target year. An offshore wind farm in Rhode Island proves to be a popular fishing spot. Spain will host the UN climate talks…

The World Economic Forum: What if we actually got things right with fixing climate change? Venice’s regional council floods for the first time — right after it voted against climate-crisis action. Greta Thunberg sails back to Europe on a catamaran, and leaves the US with some parting advice. Scientists are trying to study…

Coldplay announces they will pause touring until it becomes “environmentally beneficial.” The Oxford Dictionaries 2019 word is “climate emergency.” The UNDP examines steps the Middle East is taking to grow solar power and build resilience. The Amazon sees the largest deforestation rate this year in 11 years. And more… The British band Coldplay announced this…

Big youth climate emergency marches yesterday ahead of the Madrid talks next week. No-show British PM Boris Johnson is replaced with a melting ice sculpture at climate crisis debates. Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee’s brother Mike says unnecessary emails are hurting the environment. Scottish farmers are successfully growing and irrigating crops with seawater. And more… Greta…

COP25: Madrid’s Prado Museum and the WWF use art to show effects of climate change. The decade 2010-2019 is “on course” to be the warmest on record. Very bad news for the Florida Keys: Monroe County can’t save some areas from rising waters. Take this quiz to see how your choices would impact climate change.…

COP25: What was — and was not — achieved at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid. Climate activist Greta Thunberg is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year. Why melting ice in the Arctic directly affects every one of us. Which US states cut their environmental agency budget and staff numbers? This map will tell you.…

5 eco-friendly holiday gift ideas for you last-minute shoppers. If we cut air pollution, then it could prevent depression in millions of people. A Dutch designer created a billboard in Mexico that actually eats smog. A solar-powered desalinization plant provides clean water to a Kenyan community. And more… If you’re a procrastinator when it comes…

The Trump administration has dissolved more than 80 regulations protecting air, water, land, and health. Activists in South Korea build a “Christmas tree” out of cigarette butts in a call for a plastic ban. South Korea shuts down a second nuclear reactor. And more… Donald Trump’s administration has rolled back more than 85 environmental regulations…

Australian bushfires continue to blaze and the heat is relentless. Why is this happening? Angela Merkel’s New Year’s speech message: We must combat climate change. There is still time. The moment when climate activists Sir David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg “meet” on Skype. And more… Australia’s bushfires and extreme heat continue. Since September, bushfires have…