Tag: Conservation

Biden to restore Trump-cut land to Utah national monuments

Virginia Aabram · October 8, 2021 12:16 am

Magazine - Features

A man in the American outdoors

Salena Zito · October 1, 2021 3:00 am

Panda cub Bao Bao hangs from a tree in her habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Today marks her first birthday and the the zoo is marking the event with a traditional 'Zhuazhou' ceremony, a Chinese birthday tradition symbolizing long life to mark the event. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

China says giant pandas no longer endangered

Kaelan Deese · July 9, 2021 10:39 pm

In this Oct. 22, 2019, photo, plastic and other marine debris sits on the beach on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll is a wildlife sanctuary that should be a safe haven for seabirds and other marine animals. Instead, creatures here struggle to survive as their bellies fill with plastic from faraway places.

I’m a plastics industry CEO. We have a responsibility for plastic waste

Tony Radoszewski · July 5, 2021 4:00 am

President Joe Biden said the bipartisan infrastructure package includes ânothing bad for the environment.â

Energy and Environment

Biden pushes New Deal-style ‘climate corps’ employing thousands

Abby Smith · July 3, 2021 10:15 am

Endangered species recovery requires flexibility, not strict regulations

Brian Yablonski, Rep. Dan Newhouse · June 15, 2021 12:00 am

Energy and Environment

Proposal to list wildflower as endangered may threaten Nevada lithium mining plans

Abby Smith · June 3, 2021 10:18 pm

In this, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, Kourtney Lesperance, 23, of Miami, who just finished her undergraduate studies at University of Colorado Boulder, harvests kale on an organic farm in Opa-locka, Fla. A Florida bill mandating that private companies verify each new hire's eligibility to work in the U.S. is worrying farmers in the agriculture-rich state. The growers complain they are struggling to find farm workers as the unemployment rate reaches record lows.

Farmers are natural climate solution champions

Karly Matthews, Rep. Glenn Thompson · April 30, 2021 4:00 am

In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, photo provided by Arizona Department of Forestry & Fire Management shows, homes near the intersection of Church Rd and N Dudleyville Rd as the Pinal County Wildfire burns near Dudleyville, Ariz. A small community in south-central Arizona remained under an evacuation notice Friday after crews and air tankers stopped the growth of a wildfire that burned at least 12 homes, officials said.

Beltway Confidential

How to prevent wildfires without more government interference

Hannah Downey · April 18, 2021 11:00 am

The Philippines recovers $25 million worth of illegally harvested giant clams

Mica Soellner · April 17, 2021 8:28 pm

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu praises reversal of Trump-era conservation policy

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2021 1:30 pm

Beltway Confidential

Republicans can reclaim conservation during the Biden administration

Kelly Sloan · December 14, 2020 11:00 am