A clash over the National Environmental Policy Act follows familiar fault lines.
Feds eye changes to a bedrock environmental law
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In Southern California, the car still reigns
The anxieties of trying to lower emissions in Los Angeles’ sprawl.
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Hikes to beat the Western heat
Find a shady jaunt or a stream to swim in in your state.
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A fiery Fourth of July threatens Southwest economies
Wildfire, forest closures and canceled fireworks displays keep tourists at bay.
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A Seattle church helps an immigrant family stay together
On the day of his deportation to Mexico, Jose A. Robles finds refuge.
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How to disrupt negative narratives in Indian Country
A study finds that Indigenous people face continued discrimination and invisibility.
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Politics are behind a plan to prop up coal and nuclear
Discussion of a ‘grid emergency’ ignores cheaper alternatives like solar and wind.
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Climate change is making it harder to revive damaged land
Instead of restoring the past, ecologists are increasingly focused on the future.
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The future of Alaska’s Pebble Mine — and its salmon
A timeline shows Scott Pruitt’s EPA waffling between mining and fishing interests.
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Supreme Court to states: Live up to your treaty obligations
Will future courts order states to take down fish-blocking dams?
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Trump’s ‘border crisis’ debunked, in 6 charts
The number of apprehended migrants is at its lowest since 1970.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
Saving baby Jo from the smoke
A mother grapples with her decision to flee the 416 Fire with her infant daughter.
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Rapid evolution saved the starfish
West Coast ochre stars make a remarkable reversal after a mass mortality event.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
‘Little House’ and the identity of the prairie struggle
The gritty reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder’s writings.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
GMO grass is creeping across Oregon
Missteps by agribusiness giants allowed the invasion. Now they’re off the hook for cleanup.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
The wonder of White Sands
A photographer lovingly documents New Mexico’s desert national monument.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
An inventory of loss on the Los Angeles River
The city weighs revitalization of an unruly river, since transformed into a concrete ditch.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Monument Valley
The spectral lines between life and the inert.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Without a whimper
Thank you for a well-written article on this amazing animal (“A quiet goodbye to the Selkirk caribou,” HCN, 5/28/18). Author Ben Long captured my thoughts on how we got them to this place, and the lack of voices for their needs to be heard. I saw them up close just over a decade ago, about […]
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Systemic discrimination
Thanks for Wayne Hare’s article on Portland segregation (“ ‘Alienated’ in Portland,” HCN, 5/28/18). The process by which blacks are segregated and redlined is common everywhere. Our church here in Louisville, Kentucky, recently hosted a four-part series on systemic racism. We learned there that the same thing happened here — and happens everywhere. I had […]