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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Parks Are Good—but They Can (and Should) Be Better

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
At their best, urban green spaces have the power to restore our weary souls—and maybe even to curb sprawl. Why do we so often treat them like civic afterthoughts?

Is High-Speed Rail on the Rocks?

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
California’s proposed bullet train is in trouble, while a Texas project is meeting resistance. What’s going on?

Jane Jacobs, Savior of Cities

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
A new biography, documentary, and opera all celebrate the passion and ideas of urban life’s staunchest defender.

Suburban Sprawl Is Not Pro-Family

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The middle class may be getting squeezed out of our cities, but the author of a new book dangerously mistakes the symptom for the cure.

Do These Pants Make Me Look Sustainable?

PerspectivesUnited States
A young woman's attempt to purchase a stylish, environmentally responsible outfit sent her through the looking glass—into a world where nobody can be 100 percent certain about anything.

Keys to the City

PerspectivesChicago, Pittsburgh, Bogotá, International, Reno, Canada, California
Nine leaders who are combating global climate change--starting with the places where they live.

Are Urban Green Spaces Doomed?

PerspectivesNew York CityJeff Turrentine
In cities like New York, pocket parks may be even harder to come by than affordable housing.