Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.comA new study released Monday found that climate change is killing our national parks—and more quickly than we thought. The study looked at data from between 1895 and ...read more
Climate change is big—so big that we often assume that no ordinary person could possibly slow its progress. And maybe that’s true: One changed light bulb probably can’t preserve Arctic ice or save New England’s maple trees. But when you recruit a handful of bulb-changers, who in ...read more
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill yesterday that would have created the Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation, despite overwhelming bipartisan support. His signing of AB 1918 would have made California the 12th state with an official office or task force to support ...read more
On Aug. 14, half of NEMO’s workforce reported for duty at a quiet grove of hardwoods near Barrington, New Hampshire, about a 30-minute drive from company headquarters. Each employee arrived ready to sweat. Their task was to build two bridges on trails through a brand-new, ...read more
During the entire month of July, NEMO’s 24 employees conducted a silent negotiation. Dover, New Hampshire (where NEMO is headquartered) was experiencing record high temperatures, and some employees craved ultra-cool office temperatures. Yet the company had challenged itself to ...read more
NEMO employees love a good contest. While other companies announce “initiatives,” NEMO stages competitions that spark everyone’s urge to win—even if it’s just to claim the honor of being the fastest to load a backpack during the company campout. But the company’s latest challenge ...read more
Amid months of ethics controversies, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned."I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," President Donald Trump announced on Twitter. "Within ...read more
As two fires rage in southern Colorado, employees of Durango’s Backcountry Experience are driving to the front lines to deliver wildland boots, sleeping pads, and other essentials for emergency responders.“This is not something I’ve asked them to do but they’re doing it to be ...read more
Don't miss a beat. Read Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas.The National Park Service recently released and buried a 90-page climate change study it tried to censor by cutting phrases ...read more
President Donald Trump's face could melt into the sea if a Finland-based group raises enough money to carve a monstrous ice sculpture of him into an Arctic glacier. It's all to prove to the president that climate change isn't a hoax.The nonprofit, Melting Ice, needs $500,000 to ...read more
End your week with Industry Buzz. Here are today's must-read headlines:Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything.We like to bike, so of course we like bike-friendly cities. ...read more
Vermont is doing the best at loving Mother Earth and West Virginia is doing the worst, according to a new survey by WalletHub that ranked all 50 states based on the current health of the environment and residents’ environmental-friendliness."Without a doubt, the bar for being ...read more
If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are the latest headlines: Do you have buzzworthy news tips? Email us at SNEWSedit@aimmedia.com.Together we are a force! About 120 members of our industry—including our own Editor-in-Chief, Kristin Hostetter—are gathered at ...read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rollback of Obama-era vehicle fuel efficiency emissions regulations is a win for the auto industry, but a blow for climate change. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday announced that the agency is planning to revise the standards for ...read more
Snow equals money for the U.S., according to a Protect Our Winters (POW) study released on Friday that also quantifies how climate change is an imminent threat on the economy. A 69-page report reveals that people who participated in winter sports during the 2015-2016 season ...read more
Topher White was visiting a gibbon reserve in Indonesia when, on a hike in the adjacent forest with other volunteers, he heard the distinct buzz of a chainsaw in the distance.Instinctively, the group sprinted toward it. They came upon a man felling an old-growth teak, streaked ...read more
If Vincent Colliard were a smaller-minded person, he’d be a surf bum. That’s what his six-year-old self wanted to be. Growing up in a Paris suburb, Colliard kept a poster of surf legend Kelly Slater on his bedroom wall, and every day he’d stare wistfully at the sunkissed ...read more
“This...I look back and I realize I have given my life over to this. A love, an obsession, a never-ending pursuit of that feeling.” The feeling that Jeremy Jones describes in the opening lines of his latest movie project is what he calls the “life of glide.”Jones, pro ...read more
For a college student like me, new Pata-gucci gear is rarely in the budget. Let’s face it: The stuff is expensive. It’s an investment. That’s why I was intrigued by the brand’s new Worn Wear store, which not only lets me find good, used stuff at cut-rate prices, it encourages me ...read more
In a move that sent shockwaves through political and environmental circles across the globe, President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on Thursday. The decision keeps with Trump’s campaign commitment to end U.S. participation in the ...read more
The American West is outdoor recreation’s cash cow, according to state-by-state data collected by the Outdoor Industry Association and Southwick Associates. The data cover activities like hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, biking, kayaking and climbing as well as purchases of ...read more