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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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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!

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.

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.

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.