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Week 107: The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Inhumane Border Wall

Trump slices a butterfly sanctuary in two, the EPA celebrates its second-worst year on record, and the president goes oddly silent on climate when it’s warm outside.

A British Company Names a Wormlike Amphibian After President Trump

In an auction, EnviroBuild paid $31,250 for the species’ naming rights. (Not everyone is happy about that.)

Week 106: The Shutdown’s Mark on Joshua Tree National Park Will Last for Centuries

Plus, NOAA’s sick Twitter burn and the EPA’s corporate giveaways (which attorney general nominee William Barr seems cool with).

Welcome to Oslo! NO PARKING.

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.

Dutch Artist Thijs Biersteker Gives Trees a Voice—in Lights

And it turns out the trees have a lot to say about climate, pollution, and the world we’re creating for them.

Climate Change Is Already Driving Mass Migration Around the Globe

To ignore this fact—as the Trump administration insists on doing—is to hamper U.S. foreign policy.