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On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that his agency was barring large-scale old-growth logging in the forest.
Major economies pledge to stop financing coal abroad, but not at home.
Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds.
Protected for decades by their water rights, grower are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
New research shows that dry weather is coming on more quickly than before, with little advance warning.
U.S. air quality has gotten better, but disparities remain
As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them.
The “renewable” industry creates major emissions, destroys forests, and causes health and safety issues in low-resource communities.
Beyond the environmental impacts, a clean energy transition can provide financial and health benefits too.
