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Border Wall

Racheal Rios
The Ask

“We Roam With Jaguars” — 5 Questions With Wildlife Artist Racheal Rios

“My art can’t help but comment on political, cultural and environmental issues of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands,” says the award-winning artist.
May 23, 2018
by
The Revelator
“My art can’t help but comment on political, cultural and environmental issues of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands,” says the award-winning artist.
Rio Grande sewage
Investigations

U.S.-Mexico Commission Fails to Stop Sewage Plaguing Border

The Trump administration is backing away from treaty mandate to “give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.”
March 29, 2018
by
John Dougherty
The Trump administration is backing away from treaty mandate to “give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.”
Sewage leak
Investigations

Raw Deal: Decades of Sewage Overflows and Health Problems Plague Two Arizona Border Towns

Mystery untreated sewage appears in Mexico just across the border from an Arizona wastewater-treatment plant, city official says.
March 15, 2018
by
John Dougherty
Mystery untreated sewage appears in Mexico just across the border from an Arizona wastewater-treatment plant, city official says.
border fence
Investigations

A Border Betrayed: Communities in U.S. and Mexico at Risk From Sewage, Pollution and Disease

President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.
February 27, 2018
by
John Dougherty
President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.
border armored jeep
Voices

Border Fortunes: Promises of ‘Free Money’ at the 2018 Border Security Expo

There’s little talk of actually building a physical wall, though, and more discussion of cameras, facial recognition and other technology.
February 16, 2018
by
Laiken Jordahl
There’s little talk of actually building a physical wall, though, and more discussion of cameras, facial recognition and other technology.
National Butterfly Center
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

These Butterflies Have Lawyers

The National Butterfly Center just filed suit to block Trump’s border wall from being built on its property in Texas.
December 14, 2017
by
John R. Platt
The National Butterfly Center just filed suit to block Trump’s border wall from being built on its property in Texas.
Border wall
Wildlife

Up Against the Border Wall

Trump’s border wall would imperil some of the most diverse ecosystems in two countries.
September 19, 2017
by
Julian Smith
Trump’s border wall would imperil some of the most diverse ecosystems in two countries.
monarch butterflies wall
Wildlife

The Butterflies and the Border Wall

Why are government contractors clearing trees on a private Texas butterfly sanctuary?
July 28, 2017
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John R. Platt
Why are government contractors clearing trees on a private Texas butterfly sanctuary?
border wall
Wildlife

Trump’s Border Wall Could Impact an Astonishing 10,000 Species

Many species could go extinct if the border wall is built, experts warn.
May 18, 2017
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John R. Platt
Many species could go extinct if the border wall is built, experts warn.

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