Return to Svalbard: Earth's icy food chain is about more than polar bears It's a beautiful, still arctic morning about 600 miles from the North Pole. And there is a polar bear right over my shoulder. Chris Morgan
How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country. Michael Elizabeth Sakas
Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change, Planet's 'Biggest Threat' Amazon, the company Bezos founded and heads, has come under increasing scrutiny for its own carbon footprint. Amy Held
EPA Announces Cleanup Deal For One Of The Biggest Superfund Sites In The U.S. The Trump administration is taking credit for finalizing cleanup of one of America's biggest and most infamous Superfund sites: Butte, Montana. But the reality is more complicated. Nora Saks
Rare Weedy Seadragons Hatch At California Aquarium The delicate creatures resemble bits of seaweed and are distant cousins of the seahorse. The aquarium says the two inch-long babies are already feeding on tiny shrimp. Jordan Pascale
Beer Waste Saves Montana Town $1 Million On Water Treatment Brewery waste can throw off the microbes that wastewater plants rely on to remove nitrogen and phosphorus. At least two communities in Montana are using it strategically to treat their water. Rachel Cramer
Sick of Seattle's winter gloom? This local writer wants you to embrace it Kim Malcolm talks with Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger about why he loves Seattle's dark, rainy winters. Kim Malcolm
Proposals To Ban Fracking Could Hurt Democrats In Key States Some Democratic presidential candidates want to ban fracking to help address climate change. That attracts young people, but may alienate swing voters in key oil and gas states like Pennsylvania. Jeff Brady
Controversial Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded Amid Legal Battle The government is calling on a New York federal judge to dismiss lawsuits alleging the group was formed illegally. But animal rights advocates want a ruling. Vanessa Romo
Climate Change Threatens Alaska Census Count Rising temperatures are forcing some Alaska Native villages to consider relocating to higher ground. Climate change is also complicating an accurate count for the 2020 Census more complicated. Hansi Lo Wang