This Monument Is the Latest Casualty in Trump’s War on Public Lands Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing By Kea Krause March 1, 2026 In this story: marine ecosystems, oceans, monuments, federal policy, saving wild places
Forced Coal Plant Openings Throw Communities Into Chaos The federal government is ordering plants to stay open over the objections of locals and plant operators By Nick Engelfried February 10, 2026 In this story: coal, beyond coal, federal policy, Policy, fossil fuels
This Backdoor Legislative Tool Could Unravel Public Lands How the Congressional Review Act is being used to erase protections for America’s shared lands and waters By Lindsey Botts February 6, 2026 In this story: federal policy, monuments, conservation, public lands, wildlands
These Pacific Northwest Groups Feed the Region When It Needs It Most How gleaners are reducing food waste and helping families make ends meet By Amal Ahmed December 31, 2025 In this story: food and drink, agriculture, federal policy, activism
Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species Could Get a Lot Harder Proposed changes to Endangered Species Act regulations would defang our best defense against extinctions By Ian Rose December 12, 2025 In this story: endangered species, animal rights, wildlife, saving wild places, federal policy
This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch By Hannah Richter October 28, 2025 In this story: insects, federal policy, Trump, wildlife, science
The Real Reason the Feds Want to Revive Coal Attempts to bring back a dying industry could increase your energy bills By Ian Rose October 15, 2025 In this story: federal policy, fossil fuels, coal, Trump
As Shutdown Drags On, Public Lands, Programs, and Jobs Hang in the Balance The longer federal agencies are shuttered, the more the damage will spread By Alexander Nazaryan October 9, 2025 In this story: Trump, federal policy, EPA, public lands
The End of an Era for Arctic Research The loss of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States leaves an uncertain future for science in the Far North By Ian Rose October 8, 2025 In this story: arctic, federal policy, Global Climate Breakdown, Trump, politics
This One Word Change Could Gut Our Strongest Conservation Law The bipartisan Endangered Species Act is on the line as the federal government proposes a new change By Morgan Sjogren October 5, 2025 In this story: endangered species, wildlife, saving wild places, federal policy, animals