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Trump 2.0

Pollution & Toxins

Meet the Activist Fighting PFAS Pollution — and Winning

Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.
August 11, 2025
by
Nicole Williams
Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.
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Op-Eds

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.
Op-Eds

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.
Supreme Court building
Op-Eds

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.
Editorials

An Early ‘Independents’ Day?

What if a few moderate Republicans stood up and left their party? A bold move could weaken Trump and help democracy and the planet.
June 20, 2025
by
John R. Platt
What if a few moderate Republicans stood up and left their party? A bold move could weaken Trump and help democracy and the planet.
Wildlife

Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs

Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
June 16, 2025
by
Rebecca Heisman
Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
A pile of puzzle pieces waiting to be connected
Voices

What My Environmental Studies Students Taught Me About Building Community During Crisis

We can’t recover from a hurricane — or government oppression — without deepening our ties to each other.
June 13, 2025
by
Mallory McDuff
We can’t recover from a hurricane — or government oppression — without deepening our ties to each other.
A cowboy boot hangs on a barbed wire fence
Op-Eds

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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

What’s Being Done to Public Lands Is a Crime

The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.
June 6, 2025
by
John R. Platt
The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.
wildife rangers
Op-Eds

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.

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