Environment

Biden will restore Tongass National Forest protections in critical step for climate

July 20, 2021 By Julia Conley

Companies will again be barred from road construction and large-scale logging in more than half of the 16 million-acre forest.

In Germany and worldwide, climate change-fueled weather crisis wreaks havoc

July 19, 2021 By Blake Skylar

“Let’s not mess around and deny anymore, and look the problem square in the face."

‘Clean water case of the century’: Environmentalists score landmark wastewater dumping victory

July 16, 2021 By Karl Engels

A win in Hawaii sets a new precedent for how pollutants that threaten waterways can be discharged.

Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states

July 13, 2021 By John Antczak And Christopher Weber

Scientists say human-caused climate change and decades of fire suppression that increases fuel loads have aggravated fire conditions across the region.

Wildfires ravage Western U.S. amid soaring temperatures, drought

July 12, 2021 By Blake Skylar

"I think we have to get our communities better prepared for the inevitability of these fires.”