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Americans could be locked out of thousands of acres of public lands if this proposal is signed into law SIERRA-Lindsey Thu, 2025-05-08 05:00 The entrance to a Bureau of Land Management field office in Barstow, California. | Photo by LPETTET/iStock Lindsey [...]

President Trump’s recent order to expedite permits to begin deep-sea mining bypasses international agreements that protect oceans. By moving unilaterally, says the Ocean Conservancy’s Jeff Watters, the U.S. could endanger fragile marine ecosystems and set a troubling precedent. Read more [...]

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds. --- Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that [...]

A firefighter describes the horror of witnessing the Amazon being consumed by wildfires, and why he cannot turn his back on it. --- Overflight images in Porto Velho, in the Amacro region (Amazonas, Acre and Rondônia states), in an area of [...]

A boom in avocado production in Mexico has led to illegal deforestation and an influx of drug cartels dominating the lucrative trade. But Indigenous communities have fought back against the gangs and turned to traditional practices to grow avocados [...]

What once were hundred-year extreme storms in Bangladesh could now strike the country once a decade or more due to climate change, a recent study from MIT shows. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated places on Earth, [...]

Many drivers may understand feeling sad or frustrated over bugs splattered across the front of the car from regular use. In just a short trip to work and back or to run errands, your car could have countless tiny [...]

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to cancel 781 environmental justice grants that were issued under former President Joe Biden, according to a court filing last week that went relatively unnoticed, reported The Washington Post. The grants [...]