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Voices

Could a British Flea Be the Next Casualty of the Great Insect Dying?

It may not seem charismatic, but Scotland’s Manx shearwater flea could be a symbol that no species is too small or strange to deserve saving.
October 21, 2019
by
Mackenzie L. Kwak
It may not seem charismatic, but Scotland’s Manx shearwater flea could be a symbol that no species is too small or strange to deserve saving.
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The Ask

Hotbed of Resistance: A Voice From Inside Trump’s EPA

Regulatory rollbacks are just one small part of the Trump administration’s efforts to limit the effectiveness of the Environmental Protection Agency, but there’s a whole lot more, says a career agency staffer.
October 16, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Regulatory rollbacks are just one small part of the Trump administration’s efforts to limit the effectiveness of the Environmental Protection Agency, but there’s a whole lot more, says a career agency staffer.
traffic on highway
Commentaries

Trump’s Decision to Hamstring California’s Climate Authority Is Illogical and Uninformed

Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
October 4, 2019
by
Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman
Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
Fish in national marine sanctuary
Commentaries

Here’s Our Best Opportunity to Save the Oceans — and Ourselves

A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.
October 1, 2019
by
Steve Trent
A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.
bats in the sky
Voices

What’s the Best Way to Welcome Bats to the Neighborhood? The Goldilocks Approach.

In a warming climate, some bat houses could be death traps. But community-level bat boxes can help give bats more room and options to raise young safely.
September 27, 2019
by
Cori Lausen
In a warming climate, some bat houses could be death traps. But community-level bat boxes can help give bats more room and options to raise young safely.
border wall
Commentaries

Trump’s Border Wall: Epitaph for an Endangered, Night-blooming Cactus?

The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
September 26, 2019
by
Gary Paul Nabhan
The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
Refugee at camp
Commentaries

‘We Know the End Is Coming’: The Plight and Rise of Climate Refugees

People displaced by drought, sea-level rise, wildfires and other environmental threats are not currently considered “refugees,” like people fleeing violence or oppression. That needs to change.
September 24, 2019
by
Luna Williams
People displaced by drought, sea-level rise, wildfires and other environmental threats are not currently considered “refugees,” like people fleeing violence or oppression. That needs to change.
Climate strike protest signs
Editorials

What Are You Doing for the Climate Strike?

Around the world this week, people will stop what they’re doing and stand up to call for great action against climate change.
September 20, 2019
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John R. Platt and Tara Lohan
Around the world this week, people will stop what they’re doing and stand up to call for great action against climate change.
tokay gecko
Voices

CITES Protection for Tokay Geckos: What Does It Really Mean?

Some people object to placing limitations on trade in threatened species, but new rules will benefit both the gecko and the countries in which it lives.
September 18, 2019
by
Chris R. Shepherd and Jordi Janssen and Vincent Nijman
Some people object to placing limitations on trade in threatened species, but new rules will benefit both the gecko and the countries in which it lives.
river
Commentaries

The Words of Water: Why Environmentalists Are Losing the Water Wars

It all boils down to diluted language that minimizes the perception of how we’re devastating our rivers and other bodies of water.
September 17, 2019
by
Gary Wockner
It all boils down to diluted language that minimizes the perception of how we’re devastating our rivers and other bodies of water.

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