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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

April 19, 2024 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

April 10, 2024 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

March 11, 2024 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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Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Kills One in Five People

February 19, 2021 Latest NewsInternationalClara Chaisson

The global toll of premature deaths attributed to the burning of coal, gasoline, and diesel is breathtakingly high, with new research doubling previous estimates.

Air Quality Is Worsening for Half of the World’s People

July 2, 2020 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

A new study shows that most of us humans are likely inhaling more air pollution each year.

The EPA Says It Wants “Scientific Transparency.” What It Really Wants Is Control Over Research.

November 15, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

A newly proposed rule would let Andrew Wheeler decide what kind of science is—and isn’t—allowed to inform our country’s public health protections.

The United States Is the Most Wasteful Country In the World

July 12, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

We’re number one! We’re number one!

Trump Hatches a New Plan to Attack Science

May 3, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

In the administration’s ongoing war on environmental laws, the tactics can be subtle but the strategy is straightforward: Give corporate polluters every chance to fight the rules they don’t like.

Some Carmakers Put Their Faith in the Trump Administration. It’s Costing Them.

March 15, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

They thought the president might ease up a little on federal fuel-efficiency standards. They didn’t expect him to be so reckless.

Welcome to Oslo! NO PARKING.

February 1, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

More and more European cities are effectively banning automobiles from their city centers—and it seems to be working out just fine for local businesses.

Weakening Car Pollution Rules: This May Be Trump’s Dumbest Rollback Yet

August 3, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The president wants to relax national fuel efficiency standards and bully states into scuttling their own plans for lower emissions and cleaner air.

A Tale of Two EPAs

March 2, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

To what lengths will Scott Pruitt go to undo the good work being done by his agency’s scientists, researchers, and staff?

To Save Cities, Invest in Mass Transit

February 23, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The Department of Transportation’s TIGER program helps communities thrive by funding innovative transportation projects. Congress shouldn’t let Trump do away with it.

Why Nobody Likes Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

February 16, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

For starters: It would endanger the environment, imperil water systems and other public assets . . . and then make states pay extra for it all.

America Needs a Plastics Intervention. Now’s the Time.

January 12, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

China doesn’t want our plastic waste anymore. Instead of searching for another buyer, maybe some soul-searching is in order.

Can Los Angeles Break the Olympics’ Environmental Curse?

August 11, 2017 Latest NewsLos AngelesJeff Turrentine

Olympic host cities often come to regret their moment in the sun. But 10 years should be just enough time for L.A. to get things right.

Rick Perry’s Blunder About Supply and Demand Reveals the Truth About Coal’s Future

July 14, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The energy secretary’s take on a basic law of economics was either confused or deceitful.

How to Fight Trump’s Pro-Polluter Agenda and Win? Take Him to Court.

July 7, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

A recent ruling on methane emissions serves as a smackdown to Pruitt’s EPA—and a way forward for environmentalists.

Hey Commuters: Take the Money and Walk

June 23, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Bosses are offering employees cold, hard cash to give up their “free” parking space at work. And it may be a win-win for everybody—including Mother Earth.