Marine Mammals

A recent meeting by the Orca Recovery Task Force shows the massive political and economic lobbies that stand in the way of success.

To restore Southern Resident killer whales and salmon, we need to look at our dams — and ourselves.

Eco-books coming out this month also look at the Flint water crisis, the effects of sea-level rise and the history of radical environmentalism.

Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.

We mapped out where the drilling could take place — and how it overlaps with the critical habitats of the most sensitive species at risk.

BP’s mistakes, rooted in regulator failures, revealed “such systematic failures in risk management that they place in doubt the safety culture of the entire industry.”

Drilling in the refuge was tucked into in last month’s Republican tax bill, defying decades of attempts to protect this pristine wildnerness.

Stories about Bears Ears, sharks, vaquitas, an extinct bat and the Endangered Species Act resonated with our readers this year.

This month brings us several great new books for the dedicated environmentalists on your holiday shopping list.

Highly trained military dolphins have been dispatched to round up the last 30 vaquita porpoises and (hopefully) save the species from extinction.