Conservationists fear this will stimulate demand for poached animals while making it harder to enforce existing laws.

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A former EPA engineer calls it “the most spectacular regulatory flip-flop in history.” Other experts say the resulting emissions increase would bode ill for the planet.

From California to Maryland, dams are being removed to help fish, improve safety and boost recreation.

Experts warn that we’ll keep having dangerous floods of feces unless state and the federal governments change the way big producers do business — and unless consumers start eating less meat.

A handful of statewide ballot initiatives will test whether states can effectively counter environmental rollbacks coming from the federal government.

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In her new book Poached, journalist Rachel Love Nuwer travels into the heart of darkness that threatens elephants and many other species with extinction.