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Regulate AI — to Protect Jobs, Our Brains, and the Planet

Do we really want to push our climate to the brink because of a technology that offers convenience?
August 7, 2025
by
Sonali Kolhatkar
Do we really want to push our climate to the brink because of a technology that offers convenience?
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50 Years Later: The Vietnam War’s Enduring Effect on the Tiger Trade

The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.
July 29, 2025
by
Rob Pickles
The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.
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Trump’s NOAA Cuts Put Coastal Communities at Risk

I helped restore wetlands that kept the Gulf coast safe while my colleagues tracked hurricanes. Now we’re out of a job — just in time for hurricane season.
July 24, 2025
by
Sabrina B. Valenti
I helped restore wetlands that kept the Gulf coast safe while my colleagues tracked hurricanes. Now we’re out of a job — just in time for hurricane season.
Commentaries

Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks?

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
July 16, 2025
by
Dr. David Shiffman
Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
Commentaries

Nature Is ‘Not for Sale’

Aggressive habitat fragmentation will follow the Trump administration’s and Senator Mike Lee’s frenzied and persistent attempts to sell millions of acres of public land.
July 8, 2025
by
Priyanka Kumar
Aggressive habitat fragmentation will follow the Trump administration’s and Senator Mike Lee’s frenzied and persistent attempts to sell millions of acres of public land.
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NEPA: The Accepted Lies and Mistakes About This Critical Environmental Law

The National Environmental Policy Act makes government decisions better and more democratic, despite what critics claim.
June 27, 2025
by
Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman
The National Environmental Policy Act makes government decisions better and more democratic, despite what critics claim.
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Commentaries

The Myth of the Cowboy and Its Enduring Influence on Public Policy

Livestock ranchers receive undue praise and tax dollars while they disregard damage to life on the planet, in a political climate that prioritizes profit.
June 11, 2025
by
Tess Wilkinson
Livestock ranchers receive undue praise and tax dollars while they disregard damage to life on the planet, in a political climate that prioritizes profit.
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Rangers in the Red

In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order halting foreign aid, severely imperiled species — and the people protecting them — hang in the balance.
May 23, 2025
by
Joe Figel
In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order halting foreign aid, severely imperiled species — and the people protecting them — hang in the balance.
Commentaries

Armenia: A Small Nation With a Huge Biodiversity Story

The country offers six important lessons ahead of hosting next year’s United Nations Biological Diversity Convention.
May 20, 2025
by
Ruben Khachatryan
The country offers six important lessons ahead of hosting next year’s United Nations Biological Diversity Convention.
Commentaries

‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse

Forest management approaches promoted as “resilience,” “restoration,” “fuel reduction,” and “forest health” often degrade natural systems and reduce carbon stocks.
May 9, 2025
by
Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D. and David Lindenmayer and Diana Six
Forest management approaches promoted as “resilience,” “restoration,” “fuel reduction,” and “forest health” often degrade natural systems and reduce carbon stocks.

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