Can This Former Game Warden Save America’s Endangered Species? Wildlife takes a backseat during Brian Nesvik's first hearing to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service By Lindsey Botts March 27, 2025 In this story: wildlife, animal rights, saving wild places, federal policy
What’s Happening at the Bureau of Land Management? A new Sagebrush Rebellion threatens to transform the agency’s mandate from conservation to energy production By Alexander Nazaryan March 23, 2025 In this story: climate change, Trump, federal policy, politics
EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts The nation’s environmental watchdog is under an “unprecedented” attack By Dana Drugmand February 27, 2025 In this story: EPA, Trump, climate change, federal policy
Trump Attacks Climate Action, Environmental Protections on First Day Back in Power His executive orders signal a national realignment away from progressive racial, social, and climate policy By Dana Drugmand January 21, 2025 In this story: climate change, Trump, federal policy, international climate policy, politics
The Federal Safety Net for Disaster Survivors Is Increasingly Uncertain Arguments against sending disaster aid to Los Angeles reveal the politics of the process By Colleen Hagerty January 20, 2025 In this story: disaster relief, federal policy, climate change, wildfire
President Biden's Last Push to Cement His Conservation Legacy New monuments, drilling restrictions, and species protections could have lasting benefits By Ethan Freedman January 19, 2025 In this story: federal policy, oil, endangered species, monuments
Can Solar Energy and Conservation Exist in Tandem? The Biden administration prepared a final plan to unleash solar energy across the West By Ethan Freedman December 13, 2024 In this story: solar, renewable energy, public lands, federal policy
Can Old-Growth Forest Survive a Timber Bias? The agency tasked with managing old-growth forests struggles to shake its old ways By Jim Furnish December 6, 2024 In this story: forests, national forests, saving wild places, federal policy
New Federal Legislation Proposes to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Change The bill follows similar legislation at the state level By Dana Drugmand September 30, 2024 In this story: federal policy, climate change
The Supreme Court’s Hubris, Explained Even though the conservative justices have curtailed the power of Congress and the presidency, federal climate action is still possible By Joanne Spalding and Sanjay Narayan July 15, 2024 In this story: Supreme Court, EPA, federal policy