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The Festering Sanitation Crisis at Our Border
As the Trump administration ratchets up its rhetoric demanding billions for a wall, American communities along the Mexico border are in need of basic services, like reliable sewage treatment.
The White House Tried to Bury a Major Climate Report. It Backfired, Big Time.
The Trump administration thought that releasing a blockbuster climate assessment on Black Friday would keep people from talking about it. That’s not what happened.
Week 97: The Attempt to Discount Climate Change on Black Friday
The administration released climate doomsday predictions while you were at the mall, and Scott Pruitt is the gift that keeps on giving.
The Anthropocene—Coming Soon to a Theater (and Museum, and Bookshelf) Near You
Three artists have created an entire body of work to get to the heart of the ineffable human epoch.
As Statehouses Shift, So Do the Prospects for Clean Energy
A number of governors who campaigned on renewables and other environmental causes won their races—and the chance to get their states moving on serious climate action.
After 140 Million Years, the Chinese Sturgeon May Soon Be Extinct
As dams have popped up in the Yangtze River, one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish is running out of room—and time.