President Biden made tackling America’s persistent racial and economic disparities a central part of his plan to combat climate change Wednesday, prioritizing environmental justice for the first time in a generation. As part of an unprecedented push to cut the … Continued
Conservationists are cheering the Biden administration’s 60-day pause on new energy development on public lands as a chance to overhaul an antiquated leasing program that has not been modified in decades. Oil and gas producers are not happy, and they … Continued
Note: This article was originally posted 1/20/21 and includes information on environmental policies and public lands. From policies to curb the devastating impact of wildfires to decisions about where agencies like the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Space Command … Continued
NOTE: This article was posted 1/13/21; President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20 at noon, has nominated a team of seasoned environmental leaders to fill his Cabinet in positions that will impact the Earth’s unique places, people, and … Continued
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments may soon be enlarged. Acting on a pledge he made as a candidate, President Joe Biden on Wednesday initiated a first step toward restoring the boundaries of the two formerly large Utah national … Continued
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday recommitted the United States to the Paris climate agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming, and ordered federal agencies to start reviewing and reinstating more than 100 environmental regulations that were weakened … Continued
We are sorry for the lapse in environmental news coverage last year due to, among other things, COVID. With a new year, however, we will attempt to pick up the ball again. Thank you in advance for your patience and … Continued
For the almost 40 percent of the United States population living in high-population-density coastal areas, sea-level rise isn’t a concern for the future. It’s happening now. But while many of them live in the American South, their voices aren’t always heard in the … Continued
Earth Day demonstrations scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic are being replaced with digital activism via the online gaming community to exploit an as yet untapped audience for action against climate change. Earth Day, 22 April 2020, had been years in … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the chaotic and expensive congressional response, has upended the climate politics landscape. Before the onslaught of the coronavirus, environmentalists had unprecedented success getting the issue into the mainstream, bringing it to the forefront of the 2020 … Continued