Environment

When the Flames Went Out
Losing home and rebuilding, reluctantly, in the year after Los Angeles’s Eaton Fire.
Anthony Dinh TranJan 25
- Environment
- Memoir & Essay
Tricksters and the Spirit World
Julian Brave NoiseCat discusses ‘We Survived the Night,’ his genre-bending revival of the ‘Coyote epic,’ with Leila Nadir.
Leila NadirJan 24
- Cultural Studies
- Environment
Mushrooms Are Not a Metaphor
Maria Pinto finds climate futures hidden among wild mushrooms.
Almah LaVonJan 15
- Environment
- Memoir & Essay
Science on Ice
Neil Shubin’s stories of polar exploration tell us about the losses ahead.
Marissa GrunesJan 13
- Science & Technology
- Environment
A Guide to Living in and with Nature
What the ancients can teach us about cultivating a sustainable world.
Kurt CaswellJan 13
- Philosophy & Religion
- Environment
 The Toxic Landscapes of War
Gregg Mitman looks at the bodily damage that soldiers take home in Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons’s ‘Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare.’
Gregg Mitman Jan 8
- Environment
- Politics
What Remains to Be Said
A collection of pieces reflecting on the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires.
Ellie EberleeJan 7
- Environment
- LARB Lit
Energy from Heaven, Not from Hell
Bill McKibben makes the case for combating the climate crisis by transitioning from fossil fuels to solar power.
Miyo McGinnJan 5
- Science & Technology
- Environment
Miracles, Magic Thinking, and the Climate Crisis
Tess Pollok interviews Jon Raymond about his new novel, “God and Sex.”
Tess PollokNov 26, 2025
- Fiction
- Environment
Our Reigning Prophet of Doom
Gideon Leek reviews Joy Williams’s latest story collection, “The Pelican Child.”
Gideon LeekNov 21, 2025
- Fiction
- Environment
Toward a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
Ashley Dawson thinks about the future through Nicholas Beuret’s “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” and Thea Riofrancos’s “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.”
Ashley DawsonSep 25, 2025
- Environment
- Politics
Realism Scrapes Through
Harry Stecopoulos explores Ian McEwan’s new novel “What We Can Know.”
Harry StecopoulosSep 23, 2025