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The Underground Inferno that Created a Ghost Town
[Fifty years ago, this prosperous Pennsylvania coal town was ripped apart by a devastating subterranean mine fire. Today, the flames still burn in Centralia.] The road is dark, sharp and slippery,...
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Toxic Gumbo
[The waterway linking Gulf Coast oil with the refineries of Baton Rouge has brought great prosperity to Louisiana. But the people living in “Cancer Alley” have a different story to tell.] A little...
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Drilling, Dollars and Disease Down North
[The discovery of oil-rich tar sands brought a modern-day gold rush to a remote stretch of Western Canada. But some locals fear that disaster may also loom beneath the surface.] Moose nose soup was...
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The Great African Rip-Off
[As Russian and American oil companies stream into a new energy hotspot, most residents of rural Uganda are left with only broken promises and degraded land.] “I am a refugee in my own country,” says...
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Training the Next Generation of American Oil Workers…For Jobs That Don’t Exist
[Photos by Kim Raff] This story is republished from The Wilson Quarterly, which explores our world by examining ideas, culture, news, and the real lives they affect. Valentina Quinonez sets the teeth...
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Meet the Star Wars Fanatic Fighting to Save Brazil from Environmental...
[Photos by Cleuci de Oliveira] It is eight in the morning on the second-to-last day of August. Brazil is mired in an impeachment crisis that has roiled the country for nine months. In 29 hours, an...
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The Fabled California Vacation Spot That Became an Environmental Wasteland
[Photos courtesy Latterly] This story originally appeared in Latterly, a new magazine for international reporting. We’ve partnered with Latterly to give Narratively readers a free download of the...
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In America, Owning Your Own Land Doesn’t Mean You Can Stop Oil Companies From...
[Photos by Alex Thompson] On a frosty winter morning in 2005, Louis Meeks was drilling a well on his property in Pavillion, Wyoming. It was his second well – he’d recently discovered that the water in...
View ArticleThe Nomadic People Caught in the Crosshairs of China’s Economic Boom
The Mongolian people have nourished a distinct way of life for millennia, both in the independent country of Mongolia, and in neighboring Southern Mongolia, a region claimed by China. Without true...
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Why Is the Green Movement Still So White?
[Illustration by Nikhil Swaminathan] This story was originally published on Grist, an independent, irreverent news outlet and network of innovators working toward a planet that doesn’t burn and a...
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