From legal decisions to on-the-ground policies, Indigenous lawyers describe the administration’s tactics as an “onslaught” removing federal protections of land and wildlife.

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Drowning the derelicts: Yesterday’s boats are today’s problems

States and municipalities from Alaska to California struggle to dispose of old vessels without federal support.

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Climate

Local climate efforts cut costs and carbon in Wyoming

As the state doubles down on fossil fuels, towns chart their own path.

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Climate storytelling: Creativity and imagination in the face of bleak realities

Working with youth writers on a climate-fiction screenplay has opened my eyes to the power of the arts in confronting environmental crises.

Peter Dykstra: Protected by an alphabet soup of acronyms

CITES, CCAMLR, LDC, MBTA, CBD, Ramsar, LWCF ... they may make your eyes glaze over, but they protect our health and planet.

Alabama PFAS manufacturing plant creates the climate pollution of 125,000 cars

The manufacturing plant responsible for PFAS-coated fast food packaging pumps out loads of a banned ozone-depleting compound along with "forever chemicals."

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A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal sovereignty

A hallucinogenic toad in peril

Can a wildlife refuge help a community’s fight for environmental justice?

Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup

Will the climate crisis tap out the Colorado River?

Nevada lithium mine kicks off a new era of Western extraction (The next mining boom?)

Border wall scars: ‘It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart'

New wind projects power local budgets in Wyoming

The battle for the Black Hills

The Washington, D.C., siege has Western roots and consequences

A wetter and warmer Alaska means dangerously slippery slopes

Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years

Drowning the derelicts: Yesterday’s boats are today’s problems

Local climate efforts cut costs and carbon in Wyoming

Climate storytelling: Creativity and imagination in the face of bleak realities

Working with youth writers on a climate-fiction screenplay has opened my eyes to the power of the arts in confronting environmental crises.

Peter Dykstra: Protected by an alphabet soup of acronyms

CITES, CCAMLR, LDC, MBTA, CBD, Ramsar, LWCF ... they may make your eyes glaze over, but they protect our health and planet.

Alabama PFAS manufacturing plant creates the climate pollution of 125,000 cars

The manufacturing plant responsible for PFAS-coated fast food packaging pumps out loads of a banned ozone-depleting compound along with "forever chemicals."

LISTEN: EHN's Pittsburgh reporter featured on "We Can Be" podcast

"I believe that true, well-told stories have the power to change the world for good."

Ocean plastic pollution

Too much plastic is ending up in the ocean — and making its way back onto our dinner plates.

Weaponization of water in South Asia

Climate change and unbalanced regional political power are driving an ongoing water crisis in Bangladesh.

Working with youth writers on a climate-fiction screenplay has opened my eyes to the power of the arts in confronting environmental crises.

CITES, CCAMLR, LDC, MBTA, CBD, Ramsar, LWCF ... they may make your eyes glaze over, but they protect our health and planet.

The manufacturing plant responsible for PFAS-coated fast food packaging pumps out loads of a banned ozone-depleting compound along with "forever chemicals."

"I believe that true, well-told stories have the power to change the world for good."

Too much plastic is ending up in the ocean — and making its way back onto our dinner plates.

Climate change and unbalanced regional political power are driving an ongoing water crisis in Bangladesh.

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