Environment

The monarch butterfly species is one of thousands which states have flagged for conservation, but have limited resources to support.

U.S. House passes a major wildlife conservation spending bill

8:24pm June 14, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act would create a permanent fund of more than $1.3 billion, given to states, territories, and tribal nations for wildlife conservation on the ground.

High water levels in the Lamar River eroding the Northeast Entrance Road.

Yellowstone-area floods strand visitors and residents, prompt evacuations

5:13pm June 14, 2022

"Unprecedented" floods wash out bridges, basements, and roads, close hospital

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

1:22pm June 14, 2022

by Matt Adams

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

A Hispanic community teams up with activists to demand protection from pollutants

12:12pm June 13, 2022

by Monica Otarola

Residents say a steel mill in Pueblo, Colo., has received preferential treatment for decades as it polluted the creek that runs along their neighborhood.

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Past measures to tax farmers have met strong resistance, but New Zealand's climate change minister thinks it is a good start

Environment

New Zealand announces world-first plan to tax cow and sheep burps

5:38pm June 09, 2022

New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this.

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This New Zealand plan would tax burps from cows and sheep

5:08pm June 09, 2022

New Zealand's proposal to fight climate change includes taxing farmers for the amount of burps their cows and sheep emit.

From left: Bowling Green State University emeritus biology professor George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green graduate student Ryan Wagner and University of Windsor professor Mike McKay set out on the frozen surface of Lake Erie's Sandusky Bay to find a spot to c

Great Lakes ice coverage declines as the climate warms

8:17am June 09, 2022

Scientists from the U.S. and Canada are creating the first systematic baseline of winter conditions on the Great Lakes — providing important clues about how climate is affecting lake ecosystems.

A mother bison leads her calf through deep snow toward a road in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Feb. 20, 2021.

Environment

The federal government is planning to phase out single-use plastics at national parks

4:46am June 09, 2022

by Ayana Archie

More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.

A diver explores Grecian shipwreck at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Hudson Canyon, a giant underwater chasm, could be the newest national marine sanctuary

7:02pm June 08, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

The site — comparable in size to the Grand Canyon — is about a hundred miles off the coast of New York City. It's home to a number of sensitive species including sperm whales and sea turtles.

Los Angeles should lose its lawns, some say

5:05pm June 08, 2022

by Caleigh Wells

Los Angeles is facing some of the most severe water restrictions the city has ever seen. Will lawns survive? Some suggest the city should eliminate this elitist status symbol all together.