Republicans and the Trump Administration are in a mad dash to change environmental rules and laws ahead of the midterms. The latest target - the Endangered Species Act, which has protected animals and wildlife for 45 years. Wildlife Expert and Biologist J
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At the beginning of his presidency, his White House.gov website went up, with a pledge to revive the coal industry, open federal lands to oil and gas drilling, and eliminate harmful and unnecessary climate action and expanded water pollution rules. Trump has called climate change a hoax. That just about says it all
Before she was a journalist, Elizabeth Arnold spent several seasons fishing salmon commercially in her home state of Alaska. In 1985, she began reporting for Juneau’s NPR member station KTOO, covering local environmental and political stories. From 1991 to 2006, she served as a political correspondent out of NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., where she covered campaigns, Congress and the White House
Lead exposure in childhood is linked to antisocial behavior in adolescence, suggests a new study published in Criminology.
The harms of lead exposure are well established: It can cause renal disease, permanent neurological damage and even death.
If you’ve ever pumped gas in the United States, you’ve seen the sticker: “This product may contain up to 10 percent ethanol by volume,” declares one at a Massachusetts Shell station. Since 2005, Washington has mandated that an increasing amount of ethanol be mixed into gasoline every year, encouraging refiners and retailers with cash incentives.
The melting ice caps will not only impact our coastlines, but may radically alter international trade, a new study finds.
The issue: There is less ice in the Arctic Ocean than at any time in human memory, a consequence of climate change. Just about every scientific model expects the melting to continue or even to accelerate in the coming decades.
