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The funds will help 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households benefit from solar energy, including by lowering their electric bills.

A conservation masterpiece is back in print with a necessary warning about what happens when civilizations allow deforestation to happen.

Daniel Mason's 'North Woods' earned raves this fall for its mix of sweeping history and nature writing. It's also sneaky new entry in climate fiction

As we heard from the Times-Standard a couple of weeks ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wants to shoot a lot of barred owls — more than 400,000 in fact! … in the belief that this is the only way to rescue the northern spotted owl (NSO) from extinction. It has engaged in […]

Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?

John Perlin, A Forest Journey Book signing and lecture by author and UCSB physics professor, John Perlin. A Forest Journey explores the role of forests in the fate of empires and civilizations from earliest times to the present.

This series explores the many ways that living systems create and regulate environmental conditions on our planet. Without a living system, Earth would be a dry barren rock, like Venus or Mars.Life has created the planet as we know it, a place where all species, including humans, co-evolved. The symbiotic relationships that created this Eden are badly damaged. The Life Saves the Planet Series, presented by [Biodiversity for a Livable Climate](https://bio4climate.org/), will introduce you to peop...

Recently, AI (artificial intelligence), with its access to the entire web library, was asked to make a short film creating a probable encounter between humans and the first aliens to cross the universe to visit. In the resulting plot, as humans prepare to receive them, the U.S. and Russia go to war over which will […]

Montana author David James Duncan earned early acclaim for infusing outdoor pastimes with intense profundity. His new novel, 'Sun House,' is his magnum opus.

Bethanne Patrick's 10 recommended books for June include long-awaited fiction from Lorrie Moore and Jenny Erpenbeck, strong debuts and surprising histories.