Under President Trump, the federal government has emphatically turned away from fighting climate change and other environmental problems, rolling back regulations and transforming federal agencies. But across the country, in red and blue states, local […]
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Lee Zeldin, E.P.A. Head, Shuts National Environmental Museum
A small museum dedicated to the nation’s environmental history is now history, too. On Monday, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said he had shuttered the museum, which was inside the agency’s […]
A Maker of Sewage-Based Fertilizer Leaves Town Amid a Toxic Crisis
The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is ending its contract with Synagro, the Goldman Sachs-backed provider of fertilizer made from sewage sludge, over concerns that “forever chemicals” in the fertilizer are contaminating local farmland and […]
Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute
The aim was to protect motorists and wildlife along an especially grisly stretch of highway. Now, it was time to see whether the investment would pay off. Aran Johnson, a wildlife biologist for the Southern […]
At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine
50 States, 50 Fixes The air is filled with birdsong, the land a tableau of soft greens and gentle light. This is Ho‘oulu ‘Āina, a 100-acre preserve with an unusual twist. Linked to a community […]