President Joe Biden took a highly anticipated step on Wednesday toward fulfilling a bold but controversial campaign promise: ending oil...
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Tens of Millions of Western Birds Depend on These Critical Areas During MigrationTens of Millions of Western Birds Depend on These Critical Areas During Migration
Each spring and fall, an estimated 1 billion birds migrate through the Pacific Flyway, which snakes down from Alaska, along the...
Biden Halts Trump Rule That Gutted a Landmark Bird Protection LawBiden Halts Trump Rule That Gutted a Landmark Bird Protection Law
One of the Trump administration’s most controversial environmental rollbacks, finalized just two weeks before President Joe Biden took office, was...
Tens of Millions of Western Birds Depend on These Two Regions During MigrationTens of Millions of Western Birds Depend on These Two Regions During Migration
Each spring and fall, an estimated 1 billion birds migrate through the Pacific Flyway, which snakes down from Alaska, along the...
Trump to Birds: Drop DeadTrump to Birds: Drop Dead
With two weeks left in office, on National Bird Day, the Trump administration—defying opposition from the general public, scientists, tribal...
As Construction Begins on a Minnesota Oil Line, Native Activists Keep FightingAs Construction Begins on a Minnesota Oil Line, Native Activists Keep Fighting
One of the tools used to clear-cut forests is called a feller buncher. Imagine an excavator or small crane, but...
In a Historic Move, Biden Picks Haaland as First Native American Interior SecretaryIn a Historic Move, Biden Picks Haaland as First Native American Interior Secretary
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior is a former fossil-fuel lobbyist with so many conflicts of interest that he’s...
The Arctic Refuge Lease Sale Was a FlopThe Arctic Refuge Lease Sale Was a Flop
On Wednesday afternoon, around the same time that President Trump’s lies about election fraud led a violent mob to invade...
New Perils Threaten to Destroy an Embattled Desert Haven for BirdsNew Perils Threaten to Destroy an Embattled Desert Haven for Birds
Late one summer evening, just as the day’s monsoon rains receded, a 68-year-old activist named Robin Silver climbed through a...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Faces Its Biggest Threat Yet This WeekThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Faces Its Biggest Threat Yet This Week
As the end of 2020 approached, it looked plausible that this week’s first-ever sale of oil leases in the Arctic...