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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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Californians: The Environmental Choice Is NO on Prop 6

Expert BlogCarter Rubin
Proposition 6 is a harmful proposal that would eliminate billions of dollars in transportation funding that is currently supporting public transportation and being invested in critical repairs to California's bridges and roads.

Scooting Toward a More Sustainable and Equitable Mobility

Expert BlogCarter Rubin
Small shared vehicles, running on human power or small electric motors, offer promising path to increasing mobility while shifting more trips out of private autos—an essential task for achieving our climate change goals.

LA Needs More Homes Near Our Next Subway to Cut Carbon

Expert BlogCarter Rubin
On the heels of a recent plan to add more homes near the Expo Line, the City of L.A. is kicking off a study that will consider allowing more homes and legalizing apartments near the under-construction Purple Line Subway.

Metro Charts New Course with 2028 Strategic Plan

Expert BlogCarter Rubin
LA Metro is making crystal clear what needs to be done to make L.A.’s transportation system more sustainable, healthy and equitable—and to help our county be more livable for us all.