11+ hour ago   (80+ words) Secret proposal would give developer access through one of America’s most treasured National Parks The proposal resurrects a decades-old bid to build a private road through Yosemite to the same 83-acre property. The Park Service repeatedly rejected that effort, and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (735+ words) 664,000 tons of fishing nets are lost or discarded into the world’s oceans every single year, so we were excited when Hyundai invited us out on an expedition to reclaim two of what they call ghost nets. Disclaimer Hyundai paid for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) Rulemakings are latest in series of attacks on Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservation groups notified the Trump administration of their plans to challenge two rulemakings weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that were finalized today. The other rule gives outsize…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) That’s a lot of fire. No one wants to see this. And that’s what people who don’t want to believe the climate science don’t often understand — we’re simply trying to prevent this type of thing from growing, getting worse, getting…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (521+ words) This is serious because MP uptake produces ecological impacts in structurally complex coastal systems. Oh, yeah, and the potential of MPs to affect humans is no longer theory — MPs enter the deep lungs and airways of humans, become lodged or…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (324+ words) The irony of the energy transition is sometimes found not in a showroom, but on a siding track. This is a tale of two hybrids separated not just by years, but by battery chemistry — and that gap tells you almost…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) Myth 1: Renewable energy is too costly Myth 2: Renewable energy is not reliable According to IRENA, the cost of fully installed battery storage plummeted by 93% between 2010 and 2024. These grid-scale batteries act as a high speed buffer that reacts to supply shifts…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (179+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the nomination of ex-congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management by a vote of 46-45. Pearce formerly represented New Mexico in the House of Representatives and was the second nominee…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (156+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today that it intends to transfer approximately 1.4 million acres of national public lands in Alaska’s Dalton Utility Corridor to the State of Alaska. The transfer follows the Trump administration’s unlawful earlier decision to…...

4+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (404+ words) More recently, though, I have learned that it’s not enough to design a water oasis for city dwellers — such locations may be harboring unseen health risks. Urban wetlands can be hotspots of antibiotic-resistant microbes, posing a potential health risk to…...