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A New Front in the Battle Against Coal Exports: Treaties
Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest are invoking an unusual source of legal authority—treaties—to block massive coal, crude oil and tar sands development.
Read MoreWater Shortages in Greece Echo Concerns in the American West
A vicious cycle of population growth, dwindling water supplies and ever larger infrastructure projects has taken hold in Athens and in California.
Read MorePaddling the Waterways of America: An Interview with Margo Pellegrino
Margo Pellegrino has paddled from Newark, New Jersey to Lake Michigan in her outrigger canoe to raise awareness about the sorry state of America’s rivers and the urgent need for the Clean Water Rule.
Read More#AsthmaFeelsLike Campaign Shares Stories About Life Without Breath
A new social media campaign gets underway to encourage those affected by asthma to speak truth to power.
Read More3 Things That Won’t Solve California’s Drought
A handful of new products purport to help ease the drought, but do their claims hold water?
Read MoreOur Public Forest Lands Are Under Attack
A bill in the House of Representatives may threaten the future of U.S. public forest lands.
Read MoreBuyer Beware: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us
Because of lax labeling requirements, the public is left in the dark about hazardous pesticide ingredients.
Read More5 Species Starved for Rain
With the sixth mass extinction upon us, we explore how the drought is devastating five species across the western United States.
Read MoreFrom Potato Salad to English Peas: Honoring Farmworkers This Independence Day
This 4th of July we are thankful for the farmworkers who have worked to provide us with the food we eat at our picnics and parades.
Read MoreWe’re Now Entering the Earth’s Sixth Great Extinction
According to multiple studies, Earth has entered its sixth large-scale extinction. The last time extinction rates were this high was when dinosaurs were wiped out more than 65 million years ago.
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