Environment | Opinion

Food is the springboard to talk about a host of issues, including climate, economic justice, public health and labor.

By Mark Bittman

Much of what’s still undeveloped offers some the best defenses against climate change.

By Ted Kerasote

We need to be honest about what has become the most expensive and deadliest kind of natural disaster in the United States.

By Porter Fox

Extreme climate was supposed to shock us into action. What happened?

By David Wallace-Wells

Public health experts too often fail to sound the alarm.

By Caitlin Rivers

The exodus of the young means high-risk towns could enter a population death spiral.

By Abrahm Lustgarten

Few in Britain will mourn the passing of coal, but it’s hard not to feel a little nervous about what, at its heart, is an experiment, one fraught with danger.

By Ed Conway

More than the sheer repetition of extreme weather, the stakes have grown — for our homes, our communities and our lives.

By Jeff VanderMeer

As climate change threatens the availability of food, we must diversify what’s on our plates.

By Marcus Samuelsson

Electrifying the world could produce the largest development gains since the 1990s.

By Rajiv Shah