Tag: US environmental policy
The sage grouse isn’t just a bird – it’s a proxy...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
The Trump administration is clashing with conservation groups and others over protection for the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a...
Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater grasses rebound
Bill Dennison, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Robert J. Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Seagrasses are the “coastal canaries” of oceans...
Nutrient pollution: Voluntary steps are failing to shrink algae blooms and...
Donald Scavia, University of Michigan
Summer is the season for harmful algae blooms in many U.S. lakes and bays. They occur when water bodies become...
Does Scott Pruitt have a solid case for repealing the Clean...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
On June 27, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule rescinding the Obama administration’s “Clean Water Rule.”...
Climate politics: Environmentalists need to think globally, but act locally
Nives Dolsak, University of Washington and Aseem Prakash, University of Washington
As President Trump pivots from a failed attempt to overhaul health care...
Why farmers and ranchers think the EPA Clean Water Rule goes...
Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University and David J. Cooper, Colorado State University
President Trump issued an executive order Feb. 28 directing federal...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
