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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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Strong Safeguards Protect Our Loved Ones

Expert BlogPete Altman
The cribs our babies sleep in, the cars we drive our kids to school in, the places we work, the air we breathe, the water we drink … pretty much everything that touches our daily lives is safer because we’ve…

Attacks on EPA, Environment Prompt Outcry at Town Halls

Expert BlogPete Altman
As President Trump and Republican Congressional leaders plot to strip the US EPA of staff and resources to protect our health, citizens from all over the US showed up at town hall meetings to press their representatives on the need…

Broad Opposition to Trump's EPA Pick, "Polluting Pruitt"

Expert BlogPete Altman
President-elect Trump's nominee to run the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is charged with protecting Americans' health from pollution, has a record of accepting campaign contributions from the industries he is supposed to regulate, working to overturn fourteen EPA standards…