Kimberly Yazzie is helping Navajo ranchers produce and sell premium beef.
Marty Cottingham is a coal miner in Alabama who hoped President Trump’s tenure in office would improve his industry’s prospects.
An enormous pile of discarded low-grade coal sits in Trevorton, PA. Locals use the artificial mountain for recreation, riding trucks, four-wheelers and dirt bikes up its sides.
Ken Able on the Mullica River in New Jersey. Ghost forests, visible in the river at low tide, are helping scientists see what future sea level rise might look like here.
Minerva Ortolaza holds a rechargeable bulb her sister, Santa, uses to light her house. The Ortolazas didn't have light for months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico.
Sergei Shilin is a Russian cowboy, part of a cohort trained to care for livestock as Russia grows its beef sector.
At 90, E.O. Wilson is still fighting to protect Alabama’s biodiversity.
Annie Keller in front of her house in Ashurst Bar/Smith, Alabama. The community has been fighting a landfill they say is polluting the area.
Ledean Durant with Birdie in her North Philadelphia home. Her upstairs used to get unbearably hot, but a new cool roof has made the space more livable for both her and her bird.