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An explosive is detonated at a surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains on April 16th, 2012, in Wise County, Virginia.

Environment

A Top DOI Official Had at Least Six Meetings With the Mining Industry. She Then Helped Cancel a Study on the Public-Health Effects of Mining.

Records obtained by Pacific Standard reveal that a top official at the DOI had a hand in nixing a government-funded public-health study in Appalachia—after a series of meetings with some of the most powerful mining players in the country.

Jimmy Tobias

A tuna lies on the floor at New York's main wholesale fish market.

Environment

How Governments Fund Harmful High-Seas Fisheries

A recent study demonstrates how billions of dollars in government subsidies funds much of the reckless fishing that takes place in international waters.

Basten Gokkon

Environment

The Fight Against Plastic Pollution Takes to the Skies

Alaska Airlines has become the first airline to renounce the use of plastic straws in an effort to raise awareness about the use of single-use plastics that pollute the world's oceans.

Matthew O. Berger

Environment

Scientists Create a Cheaper Way to Pull Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere

In a study released Thursday, a group of scientists announced the creation of what they say is a significantly cheaper method to scrub carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere.

Jack Denton

Are the Feds Cherry-Picking Data to Force Pipelines Through Vulnerable Communities?

Critics say the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency has masked the high costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to communities of color.

Sophie Yeo

Environment

Elizabeth Rush’s ‘Rising’ Is a Clarion Call on Climate

In her reported tour through American communities being threatened by rising seas, Rush reminds us of the human faces of the crisis.

Bradley Babendir

A school of fish pass over a coral reef at Hanauma Bay on January 15th, 2005, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Environment

This Satellite-Based Monitoring System Could Be a Game-Changer for Coral Reef Conservation

An innovative monitoring system would allow researchers, policymakers, and environmentalists to track reef damaging events across the globe in near-real time.

Rhett A. Butler

People play in the waters of Shasta Lake on August 30th, 2014, in Shasta Lake, California.

Environment

California State Officials Voice Concerns Over a Federal Plan to Raise the Shasta Dam

Heightening the dam will increase the size of California's largest reservoir, but it could also create problems for local fish and wildlife populations.

Alastair Bland