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EnvironmentFederal Policy Shift: How the Endangered Species Act Rollback Protects Landowners and Industries Nationwide

EnvironmentFederal Policy Shift: How the Endangered Species Act Rollback Protects Landowners and Industries Nationwide

Environment4 weeks ago

Federal Policy Shift: How the Endangered Species Act Rollback Protects Landowners and Industries Nationwide

The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had...
EnvironmentColville Reservation Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes and Threaten Timber Economy

EnvironmentColville Reservation Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes and Threaten Timber Economy

Environment4 weeks ago

Colville Reservation Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes and Threaten Timber Economy

Neighbors across the Colville Tribes communities in Washington state knew Matilda Bob’s log home as the “rainbow house,” for its brightly painted exterior. Now it’s gone....
EnvironmentTrump EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule Seeks to Slash Utility Costs

EnvironmentTrump EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule Seeks to Slash Utility Costs

Environment1 month ago

Trump EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule Seeks to Slash Utility Costs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas, according to regulatory documents...
ArizonaAcross the Nation, States Sue Over Endangered Species Act Rollbacks

ArizonaAcross the Nation, States Sue Over Endangered Species Act Rollbacks

Arizona1 month ago

Across the Nation, States Sue Over Endangered Species Act Rollbacks

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by...
CaliforniaStates Train Private Landowners to Clear Forest Overgrowth as Prescribed Burning Gains Ground

CaliforniaStates Train Private Landowners to Clear Forest Overgrowth as Prescribed Burning Gains Ground

California2 months ago

States Train Private Landowners to Clear Forest Overgrowth as Prescribed Burning Gains Ground

AUBURN, Wash. — In the back row of a small community college classroom, I sip my coffee and consider a cumulus cloud, a puffy white pillar...
EnvironmentFighting Fire with Fire: How One Small Town Is Shielding Itself from Catastrophic Wildfire

EnvironmentFighting Fire with Fire: How One Small Town Is Shielding Itself from Catastrophic Wildfire

Environment2 months ago

Fighting Fire with Fire: How One Small Town Is Shielding Itself from Catastrophic Wildfire

ROSLYN, Wash. — Francisco Martinez hefts a canister filled with a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline. A tongue of flame dances above the nozzle. He...
EnvironmentCommunity-Led Prescribed Burns Create Critical Defensive Buffers Against Wildfires Across the West

EnvironmentCommunity-Led Prescribed Burns Create Critical Defensive Buffers Against Wildfires Across the West

Environment2 months ago

Community-Led Prescribed Burns Create Critical Defensive Buffers Against Wildfires Across the West

Story and photos by Alex Brown ROSLYN, Wash. — In less than an hour, this hillside will be ablaze — sparks flying, smoke swirling, the forest...

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