
Science news roundup: Water on Mars, Arctic drilling ends
It's a rare thing when a week is filled with good environmental news, but that is precisely what happened.

Drought turning Golden State's redwoods brown
For the first time, there are signs of foliage die-back on sequoia seedlings, a rare and worrying prospect.

How Big Oil ate California’s future
The Earth is where all people live. If we are going to survive and thrive, the California economy must opt out of using all that oil.

California landscape scorched as wildfires blaze on
With 700,000 acres burned so far this year, there's no end in sight for the inferno; or firefighters and victims, the numbers represent an uphill battle.

Obama's Alaska visit highlights climate already changed
Each particular battle is but one part of the longer struggle to transform our energy economy, our economy as a whole, how things are produced, packaged, and distributed.

