"Study Finds Small Streams, Recently Stripped of Protections, Are a Big Deal"
"Last year, the Supreme Court sharply restricted the federal government’s ability to limit pollution in small streams that sit dry for much of the year and fill up only after rainfall or snowmelt. Now,...
View Article"Here’s What the Court’s Chevron Ruling Could Mean in Everyday Terms"
"The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to limit the broad regulatory authority of federal agencies could lead to the elimination or weakening of thousands of rules on the environment, health care,...
View Article"Sharks Often Get A Bad Rap, But Oceans Need Them"
"It's that time of the year again: Shark Week. The TV program is so long-running that if you're under 37, you've never known a life without it. In honor of this oft misunderstood critter, we revisit...
View Article"UN Sees Geoengineering As A New Risk To Nature"
"The Environment Programme report focuses on potential dangers to the planet, from disease to unlivable places."Climate ChangeDisastersEnvironmental StudiesNatural ResourcesPollutionTechnologyWater...
View ArticleBiden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve
"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to...
View Article"House Approves Bipartisan Water Projects Bill"
"The House passed a sweeping water infrastructure bill Monday that could help curb flooding, slow coastal erosion and restore struggling ecosystems, in a rare show of bipartisanship as election season...
View ArticleEPA Takes Next Step Toward Banning Vinyl Chloride
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the...
View ArticleUp for a Challenge — Fifty Environmental Journalists on the Profession and...
Environmental journalists tend to be intrepid and creative individuals who will fight to work their beat against all odds. That’s one of the findings of a journalism educator who is studying the rise...
View ArticleDeath Toll For Birds Hitting Buildings May Be Over 1 Billion A Year In US
"Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window, research has found, pushing up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in...
View Article"DC Circuit Scraps Texas LNG Terminal Approvals"
"A pair of liquefied natural gas projects in Texas suffered a major legal setback Tuesday after a federal appeals court tossed out their authorizations."Climate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental...
View ArticleFor Animals, a New Text Suggests, the Play’s the Thing
It’s a much-understudied area of animal behavior. But play, as it turns out, may serve many developmental functions. A new book, “Kingdom of Play,” explores what play looks like in many types of...
View Article"Road Salt May Hurt Vital Link In Freshwater Food Chain, Study Says"
"De-icing road salts — even those marketed as environmentally friendly — may harm important freshwater plankton, a new analysis indicates. The study, published in Science of the Total Environment,...
View ArticleHeat Kills 1000s in U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?
"As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities."Climate ChangeDisastersEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental...
View ArticleWHOI Webinar: Restless Seas — How Ocean Currents Shape Weather, Climate and Life
Event Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024Join three Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists for a discussion about ocean currents, how they are changing and the implications for marine...
View ArticleColleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become 'Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction'
"For decades, oil and gas companies have donated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities, sat on governing boards, sponsored scholarships and built pro-fossil fuel...
View Article2024 Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities — Dr. Nick Estes
Event Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024The University of Utah will confer this year's award on Dr. Nick Estes, noted historian who focuses on global Indigenous histories, environmental justice and...
View ArticleA Renowned Birder Shatters the Audubon Myth
In his fascinating volume about John James Audubon, world-renowned naturalist-writer-illustrator Kenn Kaufman pays homage to the artist but meticulously dissects the man, writes BookShelf Editor Tom...
View ArticleCoequal Catastrophes — Quammen on Climate Change, Extinction and Epidemics
Biodiversity loss can seem like a remote and abstract problem that pales in comparison to climate worries. But award-winning author David Quammen sees them as coequal threats, along with emerging...
View Article"The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food"
"Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat."Energy & FuelEnvironmental...
View Article"Helene Knocked Out a Key Facility for Monitoring the Global Climate"
"Among the many pieces of critical infrastructure that Hurricane Helene knocked offline in Asheville, N.C., was a key federal office for monitoring the global climate. Work is underway to get the...
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