BIA: Navajo members can ‘work around’ connectivity issues to participate in online forum on oil and gas development
Representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the U.S. Bureau of Land…
Environment
How to safely recycle old tires
Approximately three billion automobile tires were produced worldwide in 2019 alone. Automobile tires are the classic example…
Toxic waste sites and environmental justice: Research roundup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program cleans up contaminated areas resulting from the mismanagement of hazardous…
Grassland studies, radar-tracked bumblebees offer clues for protecting pollinators
Wild bees are major pollinators of crops in Europe such as peas, beans and oilseed rape….
How climate change is already altering oceans and ice, and what’s to come
Polar caps quickly losing ice. Chalky coral reefs. Stronger storms that devastate islands and cities,…
Earth Day Shouldn’t be Math Test Day, NYC Students Say
Advocacy organizations and more than two dozen lawmakers are asking the state education department to…
U.S. oversight of ammonium nitrate insufficient, GAO says
PHOENIX – Government agencies across the U.S. can’t regulate ammonium nitrate, the hazardous chemical compound…
How Big Pharma’s industrial waste is fuelling the rise in superbugs worldwide
Pharmaceutical companies are fuelling the rise of superbugs by manufacturing drugs in factories that leak…
As the climate warms, ranchers keep their eyes on the grass
Tom Sidwell says 2020 is the first year in forty that he’s been caught “flat-footed.”…
As Plastic Bags Go Bye, a Renewed Push to Recycle Fabrics
The state’s plastic shopping bag ban, set to go into effect March 1, comes accompanied by…