LibGuides: Environment & Sustainability: News & Opinion Websites

About These News and Opinion Sites

While many environmental and sustainability websites provide news and opinion, these sites have news or opinion as their primary focus.

News and Opinion

E: The Environmental Magazine
Independent online magazine providing information on a wide variety of environmental issues. Includes news articles, blogs, as well as a "Hot Topics" section. The "Resources" section contains featured videos, along with descriptions of and links to relevant mobile phone apps.
Earth & Environment News from the National Science Foundation
News articles reporting on NSF-funded research in ecology and the environment. Site also includes write-ups of NSF-discoveries in these areas, as well as links to classroom resources for teaching ecological and environmental topics.
ENN: Environmental News Network
Environmental news and opinion articles compiled from a wide variety of news agencies, as well as from environmental and sustainability organizations.
Environment - New York Times
Environment / sustainability news stories from the New York Times. Site links to Dot Earth, the Times’s environmental blog, and to other environmental news sources.
Environment, C&EN
Part of Chemical and Engineering News, contains up-to-the-minute articles on environmental research, business, and policy, with coverage of climate change, toxic substances and sustainability.
Living on Earth
Weekly environmental news program from Public Radio International. Site includes text and audio (MP3).
Renewable Energy World
Source for news on renewable energy developments, products, technology, companies, job opportunities and events. Includes a blog, podcast and videos.
ScienceDaily – Earth & Climate News
Features science news articles from leading universities and research organizations worldwide. The Earth & Climate section provides coverage of air pollution, climate, renewable energy, and other environmental and sustainability topics.

PRI's Living on Earth Podcasts

News stories in audio format from Living On Earth, Public Radio International's weekly environmental radio program.