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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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In a Win for Health, the EPA Toughens Limits on Soot Air Pollution

February 7, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye, John Walke, Emily Davis

Today's agency action will deliver life-saving protections from dangerous air pollution.

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Shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante: Trump’s Monumental Mistake

February 14, 2020 Latest NewsUtahJeff Turrentine

Opening up hallowed ground to oil and gas development is quite literally an act of desecration.

How Plastic Bottles Become Death Traps for Hermit Crabs

February 3, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

Each year on two far-flung Australian islands, more than half a million hermit crabs die after becoming trapped inside our plastic waste.

The Trump Administration Wants to Set Water Safety Back 50 Years

January 31, 2020 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

With their latest rollback, the president and the EPA chief show that they either don’t understand how water pollution works—or simply don’t care.

The VIPs in Davos Just Got a Cold, Hard Dose of Global Warming Reality. Will It Take?

January 24, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

Greta preached. Trump prattled. Meanwhile, the CEO of finance giant BlackRock acknowledges that “climate risk is investment risk.”

In Glacier National Park, Ice Isn't the Only Thing That's Disappearing

January 23, 2020 Latest NewsMontanaJason Bittel

Two species of tiny stonefly have been added to the Endangered Species List because their habitat is expected to melt by 2030.

One of Our Most Important Environmental Laws Just Turned 50—Cue Trump Attacking It

January 17, 2020 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

At polluters’ written request, the president is now trying to gut NEPA, the Magna Carta of environmental law.

Australia Is Burning. Jakarta Is Drowning. Welcome to 2020.

January 10, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

The planet is sending us an unmistakable signal that we need to wake up and take real action to combat the climate crisis. And this is the decade we need to do it.

The Environment in 2019: Glass-Half-Full Version

December 23, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

It’s easy to get hung up on all the bad stuff that happened. But there was actually some good stuff, too!

A New Deal for the Okapi, Africa’s “Unicorn”

December 13, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

How protecting the okapi could bring income, sanitation, health services, and security to a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Corporate Leaders to Trump: Withdrawing From the Paris Agreement Makes Bad Business Sense

November 26, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Thousands of companies are stepping up where the president has stepped down—to save the planet along with their profits.

The Surprise Middleman in the Illegal Shark Fin Trade: The United States

November 20, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

A new report finds that huge shipments of shark fins are smuggled through U.S. ports on the way to their final destinations.

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.

Preserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living

November 15, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

The people of Papua New Guinea treasure feathers from the Pesquet’s parrot for use in ceremonial headdresses. But the practice could be driving the birds to extinction.

On California’s Fires, More Smoke and Mirrors From Trump

November 8, 2019 Latest NewsCaliforniaJeff Turrentine

While the state smoldered, the president lashed out at Governor Newsom—and completely ignored the role played by climate change.

IEA: Renewable Energy Has Winning Potential

November 1, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The International Energy Agency says solar is about to boom (some more) and offshore wind farms could power the whole world—18 times over! If we let them, that is.