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The Big Burnout: Life on the Front Lines of America's Wildfires

12 hours ago

The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn't Worked.

4 days ago

The Flooding Will Come "No Matter What"

8 days ago

An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker

1 month ago

EPA Finalizes New Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemicals

3 days ago

Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California

28 days ago

New EPA Rule to Slash Cancer-Causing Emissions From Sterilization Facilities

1 month ago

"It Feels Impossible to Stay": The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

1 month ago

Listen to the "Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars" Podcast

1 month ago

The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.

2 months ago

Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers

3 months ago

In a Major Shift, Northwest Tribes — not U.S. Officials — Will Control Salmon Recovery Funds

3 months ago

West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry's Messes

4 months ago

The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator

4 months ago

9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of Taxpayers, Wildlife

5 months ago

The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States

5 months ago

The Historic Claims That Put a Few California Farming Families First in Line for Colorado River Water

5 months ago

The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn't Set Safety Limits on Them

5 months ago

This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum

5 months ago

California Oil Companies Face Tougher Enforcement Under New Law

6 months ago

Western States Opposed Tribes' Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.

6 months ago

The Cleanup of Seattle's Only River Could Cost Boeing and Taxpayers $1 Billion. Talks Over Who Will Pay Most Are Secret.

6 months ago

Biden Administration Commits $200 Million to Help Reintroduce Salmon in Columbia River

6 months ago

A Black Community in West Virginia Sues the EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution

6 months ago

Do You Have Experience in or With the Plastics Industry? Tell Us About It.

7 months ago

United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say

7 months ago

The (Random) Forests for the Trees: How Our Spillover Model Works

8 months ago

EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime

8 months ago

In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future

9 months ago

The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban?

9 months ago

The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water.

9 months ago

Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water

9 months ago

Out of Balance

10 months ago

How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water

10 months ago

Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won't Find It in Lawns.

10 months ago

Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment

10 months ago

West Virginia Governor's Coal Empire Sued by the Federal Government — Again

10 months ago

The Scientist and the Bats

10 months ago

It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California's Oil Sites. The Industry Won't Make Enough Money to Pay for It.

11 months ago

Colorado Law Will Require Homes to Be More Wildfire Resistant

11 months ago

Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, Experts Say. But Regulations Have Made It Nearly Impossible to Do These Burns.

11 months ago

The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn't.

11 months ago

How We Measured the Environmental Cost of Bankrupt Mines

7 months ago

In the Game of Musical Mines, Environmental Damage Takes a Back Seat

11 months ago

Blown Away: Fishermen Endangered by Offshore Wind's Political Power

1 year ago

Life-Giving but Lethal: The Culprit Behind Dead Zones and the Threat to Our Water Supply

1 year ago

EPA Proposes Major Air Pollution Reforms to Lower Residents' Cancer Risk Near Industrial Facilities

14 days ago

Thousands of Katrina Survivors Were Freed From Debt to the State. Those Who Already Paid Are Out of Luck.

1 year ago

The EPA Faces Questions About Its Approval of a Plastic-Based Fuel With an Astronomical Cancer Risk

1 year ago

Major Chemical Company Changes Tune on Asbestos, No Longer Opposes EPA Ban

1 year ago

Lawmakers Have Renewed the Effort to Ban Asbestos

1 year ago

The Federal Government Is Finally Increasing Funding for Salmon Hatcheries. Tribes Say It's Not Enough.

1 year ago

EPA Asks for More Public Input on Asbestos After ProPublica and Others Reveal New Information

1 year ago

Mississippi Has Invested Millions of Dollars to Save Its Oysters. They're Disappearing Anyway.

1 year ago