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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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Could Peak Oil Demand Be Just a Dozen Years Away?

January 26, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Quantum leaps in electric vehicle technology are causing some analysts to revise their estimates of when we’ll no longer crave so much crude.

Zinke vs. Coastal Governors

January 16, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCaroline Craig

These states don’t want any part of the Interior secretary’s scheme to drill in our oceans.

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.

As Trump Moves to Expand Offshore Drilling, He Proposes Shrinking Safety Protections. What Could Go Wrong?

January 5, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Eight years after the BP disaster in the Gulf, the administration aims to relax the rules designed to prevent catastrophic explosions and spills.

The Polar Bear, Climate Change’s Poster Child, Ignites Controversy

December 22, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Perhaps more than any other animal, polar bears are used to represent the dangers of climate change—as in a recent viral video. So why are deniers seizing on them too?

Three Trends That Should Make Environmentalists Hopeful About 2018

December 21, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The new year will be a crapshoot, to be sure—but these trends augur well for climate and sustainability.

Environmental Triumphs Over Trump

December 14, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Five (incredibly satisfying) times the administration’s anti-environment attacks backfired.

Drilling for Tax Cuts: The Devastating Alaska Provision

December 8, 2017 Latest NewsAlaskaJeff Turrentine

Most Americans, including many congressional Republicans, are strongly opposed to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So why is it attached to the tax bill?

Why We Need to Improve the Sex Lives of Mussels

December 8, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

The United States has the greatest freshwater mussel diversity on the planet, but some populations haven’t reproduced in 100 years. This is bad news for humans, too.

Conflicts of Interest Swamp the Department of Interior

December 1, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

While his fellow Cabinet members struggle to fill key positions, Ryan Zinke is staffing the Interior with former lobbyists for oil and gas companies.

Wild Turkeys Are Heroes to Critters Up and Down the Eastern Seaboard

November 21, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Red-cockaded woodpeckers, eastern cottontails, and eagles can thank turkeys (and conservationists) for saving their homes.

Florida’s Endangered Key Deer Survived Hurricane Irma—but Their Future Is Stormy

November 17, 2017 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

From climate change to kidnappings, the threats are adding up against these tiny, adorable cervids.

Trump Is No Teddy Roosevelt to America’s Outdoorsmen

November 3, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Like other environmentalists, hunters and anglers are angry about the administration’s attacks on public lands—and they’re not afraid to use their outside voices.

The Disgrace of Scott Pruitt

October 27, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Muzzling scientists, scrubbing websites, attacking journalists: all in a shameful day’s work for our bought-and-paid-for EPA administrator. It’s time to stop him.