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America’s Next Best Idea: More Diverse National Parks
A recent event at the David Brower Center united environmentalists/conservationists of all ages, races and ethnicities to find ways to increase diversity in America’s treasured parks.
Read MoreProtecting the ‘Wilderness Mystique’ of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail
Donlin Gold’s proposed natural gas pipeline threatens the Iditarod’s most cherished quality—its wilderness mystique.
Read MoreUtah lawmakers want answers on Haaland's restoration plan
Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “The last administration acted unlawfully when it shrank the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, home to thousands of sacred Tribal cultural sites, and of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, which serves as refuge for countless marine species.”
Read MoreCoal plants rush to flush under Trump EPA rule
Thomas Cmar, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “This is really just the leading edge of what will become a much broader wave of power plants seeking to extract as much of an advantage as they can out of the handouts that the Trump EPA gave them.”
Read MoreFrom Acadia to Glacier Bay, this National Parks Traveler Has Seen it All
Kurt Repanshek hasn’t just visited about 90 National Park Service areas—he’s been reporting on the nation’s parks, monuments, seashores and battlefields for more than a decade.
Read MoreHarmony and Solidarity: GreenLatinos in the National Parks
The second annual GreenLatinos summit in Grand Teton National Park was a chance for Latino environmentalists to band together to protect our planet.
Read MoreProtecting Paradise on Pågan Island
The people of the Mariana Islands will fight to protect our homes and our way of life from military intervention as hard as we must and for as long as we must.
Read MoreCalif. aims to cut gas use in homes, stops short of ban
Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “We’re in a climate crisis. We have to stop building gas infrastructure. Climate leadership isn’t about incrementalism anymore. We need bold aggressive action to get off fossil fuels and this was a missed opportunity.”
Read MoreFighting the Oakland Coal Nightmare
Developers, politicians and Utah coal barons wanted to bring California's largest coal export facility to West Oakland. Who schemed up the idea to send trainloads of coal to one of the most burdened neighborhoods in the area, and who worked to keep this nightmare from becoming a reality?
Read MoreCelebrating Clean Water Protections
One year ago, we celebrated new clean water protections, but we still have a long way to go to achieve drinkable, swimmable, fishable waterways for all.
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