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Week 80: Making Cars Dirty Again

Trump rolls back fuel efficiency standards while his EPA chief celebrates the country’s clean air (achieved by past administrations).

Climate Change May Bring the Nassau Grouper’s Moonlit Orgies to an End

Sea life of all kinds relies on this feeding and mating frenzy, but the setting for grouper romance has to be just right.

In These Brightly Colored Landscapes, the Sharp Edges of Industry Collide with Nature’s Curves

Judith Belzer’s oil paintings of bridges, dams, canals, and ports both romanticize and question humanity’s efforts to tame our natural systems.

Pro-extinction Policies Do Not Sit Well With Americans, Whatever Their Stripe

Four out of five of us express support for the Endangered Species Act. Its attackers should take note.

Week 79: Zinke Ignores Damage to Public Lands

Plus, Wheeler ignores factory farm pollution, and Trump ignores public opposition to drilling the Arctic Refuge.

Four Countries Are Home to Two-Thirds of the Planet’s Primates—and Most of Those Are Endangered

Deforestation and hunting have many of our closest cousins swinging toward extinction.