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Judge’s ruling puts gold mine project in eastern Idaho on pause
May 12, 2020“The area is an important site for grizzly bears and other wildlife, especially wildlife that needs to migrate from Yellowstone to other parts of the Rockies."
Read moreTornadoes hit unusually wide swaths of U.S., alarming scientists
May 28, 2019"What all the studies have shown is that this particular part of the U.S. has been having more tornado activity and more tornado outbreaks than it has had in decades before."
Read moreBiodiversity in danger: UN report predicts massive extinctions
May 7, 2019People think of endangered species as something detached from their lives. But they don’t understand that Earth functions as a “living planet” with many parts dependent on each other.
Read moreThis week in history: Grand Canyon National Park turns 100
February 25, 2019"The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison—beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world."
Read moreTrump plan to ramp up fracking, mining in National Forests threatens climate
October 18, 2018"Pushing new fossil-fuel development in our national forests ignores the alarm bells that world climate scientists rang loudly."
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