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How Did Farmer Brown Bring His Dying Land Back From the Brink?

By focusing on soil health, this North Dakota rancher didn’t just save the family homestead—he made it flourish.

Week 88: Trump’s Runaway Train of Deregulation

Oil trains won’t get better brakes, air conditioners won’t get safer chemicals, and children lose their EPA advocate.

What the Eight Latest Bird Extinctions Can Tell Us

A new study of critically endangered birds finds a “wave of extinctions washing over the continents.”

Week 87: You Don’t Want to Live Downwind with Trump Around

The EPA lets states pollute other states’ air, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline fails and fails again to follow the law, and Ryan Zinke actually says the government works for oil companies.

Climate Deniers Are Bullies, and Science Teachers Aren’t Going to Take It Anymore

Pressured for years to “teach the controversy,” educators have banded together to expel anti-science forces from their classrooms.

Week 86: No, Trump’s Methane Proposal Is Not “Neat”

Plus, your one-and-only chance to save the Clean Power Plan, and Steve Bannon’s role in the Paris climate withdrawal.