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Climate

Conquering the Energy Crisis

To meet coming power demands we’ll need to change our energy systems.

By Michelle Nijhuis

Climate

High and Dry: A Human Face of Climate Change

Dwelling high up in the Andes, Peruvian Juliana Pacco Pacco worries about climate change.

Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer/Text by Julie Leibach

Climate

Thawing Permafrost in the Arctic Will Speed Up Global Warming

Could the wholesale melting of the Arctic trigger a series of catastrophies?

By Alisa Opar/Photography by Joel Sartore

Climate

Scarface: The Damage Wrought from Mountaintop Mining

A photographer zooms in on the damage wrought from mountaintop coal mining.

By Cameron Davidson/Text by Michelle Nijhuis

Climate

Coal Control

Audubon and the Sierra Club celebrate a landmark settlement.

By Anna Sanders

Climate

Putting Wind Turbines Out of Wildlife's Way

Voluntary federal guidelines minimize the impact of wind power facilities on wildlife.

By Amber Williams

Texans Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline

A growing group is speaking out against the southern spur of the proposed TransCanada pipeline.

By Dan Oko

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Kicking the Coal Habit

America may be coming to grips with the dark side of our cheapest, most abundant energy source, but a plan to unload it on Asia threatens to poison our planet.

By Ted Williams/Photography by David T. Hanson

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Climate Change Spurs Remarkable Melting in Greenland

Researchers zero in on a little-known landscape that offers some chilling lessons on the future of global warming.

Photography by Nick Cobbing/Text by Andrew Lawler

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Conquering the Energy Crisis

To meet coming power demands we'll need to radically change our energy systems.

By Michelle Nijhuis

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Audubon View

The Audubon network has achieved major accomplishments where climate and energy are concerned. It's prepared to take on more.

By David Yarnold

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

The Virtues of Switchgrass as an Alternative Fuel

With rising gas prices and global temperatures, corn-based ethanol seemed to promise a bright energy future. Now, as corn's dark side becomes ever clearer, switchgrass offers a better alternative as well as a first step to restoring the prairie that once blanketed this country's heartland.

By Tom Yulsman/Photography by Andy Anderson

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine