A proposed timber sale within the Yaak Valley threatens massive old-growth trees and habitat. Instead, could it become the nation’s first climate refuge?

A proposed timber sale within the Yaak Valley threatens massive old-growth trees and habitat. Instead, could it become the nation’s first climate refuge?

A proposed timber sale within the Yaak Valley threatens massive old-growth trees and habitat. Instead, could it become the nation’s first climate refuge?

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EPA building and flag

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.”

Lebbiea grandiflora

A newly discovered plant genus could be wiped out by dams and mining. Could giving it a name save it from extinction?

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Politicians have mocked, belittled, and cut federally funded research for decades, but funding basic science has a long history of lifesaving discoveries.

Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging oil tankers helps fund the ongoing war but puts the region at risk of more environmental disasters.

A toy truck and plastic debris scattered on mud along the Lake Uru Uru shore near Oruro, Bolivia, on April 8, 2021. In addition to a major drought in 2016 that dramatically decreased water levels, Lake Uru Uru has been devastated by plastic pollution and mining wasting.

The current administration continues to senselessly undermine efforts to reduce single-use plastics. But plastic never was and never will be disposable, and neither are the people it poisons.

A close-up of the Gulf of Mexico on an old globe

A veteran journalist writes: Let’s celebrate the Gulf of Mexico — and stand up against censorship, for the First Amendment, and with fired government workers and scientists.

Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.

But how do we ensure everyone has equal access to shade? Tucson, where heatwave mortality has soared, shows a path forward.

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.

Animal-rights activists come together in San Diego to stand up for tortured animals and hope others will follow.

Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.

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