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'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse

monarch nectaring on a showy milkweed

'Victory for Our Oceans': US Court Upholds Ruling on Vast Marine Monument Established by Obama

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Like one of America's very first national monuments, the Grand Canyon, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts is a natural treasure," said NRDC's KateDesormaeu. "It provides habitat for a wide range of species, from endangered whales to Atlantic puffins to centuries-old deep-sea corals."(Photo: stephenallen75 / iStock / Getty Images Plus)

"This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing."

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Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

bee on flower

The warning comes as a new report highlights primary reasons pollinators and...

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Scientists Demand 'Paradigm Shift' After Study Shows 'Frightening' Decline of Insects and Spiders

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"A decline on that scale over a period of just 10 years came as a complete...

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Planet images showing Nova Bandeirantes in Mato Grosso after a fire on Aug. 21, 2019. (Photo: courtesy of Planet Labs Inc.)

Views of Destruction: Satellite Images Reveal Devastating Amazon Fires in Almost Real-Time

A salmon leaping rapids in Alaska. (Photo: arctic-tern/Getty Images)

'Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Ecosystem

Bears Ears National Monument

Critics Charge New Trump Plan 'Recklessly Weakens Protections' for What Remains of 'Illegally Reduced' Bears Ears Monument

'Unprecedented' Decline of Plants and Animals as Global 'Red List' Reveals Nearly One-Third of Assessed Species Under Threat

'Years of Work Down the Drain' as Trump Endangers Wildlife and Communities by Gutting Successful Conservation Program

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As Industrial Farming Exploded Over the Past Century, the Netherlands' Butterfly Population Plummeted 84%

Bernhardt, Trump

Senate Urged to Reject 'Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest' David Bernhardt to Run Interior

Deputy secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt

As Rumors Mount Zinke's Days Are Numbered, Warnings About 'Man Behind the Curtain' Who Could Take Over Interior

'One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read' Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven 'Bugpocalypse'

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Confirming True Intentions Behind Attack on National Monuments, Trump Plan Kicks Open the Gate for 'Mining, Logging, and Drilling'

Cecil

As Trump Rolls Back Barriers, Big-Game Hunters—Including Rich GOP Donors—Granted Dozens of Permits for Lion "Trophies"

NOAA ship Miller Freeman

'Unconscionable' and 'Shocking': Trump's Head of NOAA Proposes Axing 'Climate' and Conservation From Agency's Mission

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Earthjustice

Earthjustice and National Butterfly Center Urge U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Shut Down Illegal Private Border Wall Construction in Texas

Earthjustice

Conservation Groups Blast Draft Forest Service Rule to Gut Bedrock Environmental Law

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Condemns Japan Government's "Sneaky" Withdrawal From International Whaling Commission...

Environment America

U.S. Senate Fails to Renew Land and Water Conservation Fund

Earthjustice

Court Allows Conservation and Alaska Native Groups to Challenge Trump’s Reversal of Arctic and Atlantic Drilling Ban

Food & Water Watch

Trump Administration to Rescind Clean Water Rule

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Karen Stillerman

Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes

Julianne Tveten

Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science

Angelou Ezeilo

Seeing Color in Green Spaces: How to Increase Diversity in Conservation

Fiore Longo

A Colonialist Land Grab Is Happening Right Now in Congo

Robert C. Koehler

Climate Change and Collective Salvation

Subhankar Banerjee

The Last Oil: Gathering to Resist Trump’s Reckless Arctic Energy Policy

Kristin Miller

President Trump Starts a Conservation War

Subhankar Banerjee, Terry Tempest Williams, et al.

Scholars for the Arctic Refuge

Mary Sweeters

Not Even Our National Monuments Are Safe in Trump’s America

Peter Dreier

Celebrating Barry Commoner, Father of the Modern Environmental Movement