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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Supreme Court Hands Win to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developers Looking to Cross Appalachian Trail
But the fight to protect communities, wetlands, and wildlife from the proposed pipeline is far from over....
Trump Takes Moment of National Crisis to Give Polluters an Unprecedented Pass
Amid widespread racist violence and a deadly pandemic, the president has chosen to sidestep bedrock environmental laws that protect the environment and public h...
Another Forest, This Time Alaska’s Tongass, May Be Destroyed—All for Profit
On October 28, 2020, the Trump administration announced it will open the state’s pristine old-growth rainforest—the largest in the United States—to the lo...
David Bernhardt Takes Over as New Interior Secretary
If his past four months as the department’s acting secretary are any indication, our public lands, oceans, and wildlife are in trouble. ...
Trump Barrels Past Courts, Attempts to Greenlight KXL Pipeline
But the administration has yet to release the more thorough (and court-ordered) environmental review for the project. ...