Indigenous and Environmental Groups Sue to Save Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from Logging
Conserving the Tongass means preserving the climate, Native ways of life, and ecosystems that are crucial to the local economy. ...
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Trump Administration Hamstrings Ability to Conserve Wildlife Habitat
Amid a global biodiversity crisis, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to further weaken the Endangered Species Act will push numerous species that ...
Forest Service Allows Loggers, Miners to Sidestep Environmental Reviews
The agency’s latest rollback will undercut science and transparency in determining how our national forests are maintained—all to rubber-stamp logging, mini...
Fish and Wildlife Service Robs Gray Wolf of Endangered Species Protections
Though isolated populations have rebounded since the 1970s, the once ubiquitous species is far from fully recovered....
Trump Gives Polluting Mining Projects a Pass
The administration’s latest executive order would allow one of the most damaging industries in the nation to skirt thorough environmental reviews. ...
Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not b...