How to find nurdles in your local waterway
You can help build support for reducing plastic pellet pollution by hosting a nurdle clean-up or count. Here's everything you need to know.
The Latest
How Girls Scouts prepared me to become an environmental advocate
STATEMENT: One year anniversary of Greater Chaco Canyon protections
Updates
Nuclear reactors still expensive, slow and risky
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Groups to Senate: Don’t roll back energy efficiency
U.S. surpasses five million solar installations
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Issue
Environment America names Lisa Frank new executive director
Lisa Frank, who has been the executive director of Environment America’s Washington Legislative Office since February 2021, will now represent the full national group and its 30 state groups.
A bill to strip the gray wolf of (needed) protections
The U.S. House passed a bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf. Precedent tells us that if this becomes law, it could prove fatal for wolf recovery efforts.
U.S. Senate votes for higher utility bills and more air pollution
A resolution passed by the U.S. Senate to block new furnace efficiency standards would raise costs for households and cause needless pollution.
Study: Bison fight climate change
Trees, sea kelp and plants store carbon, but the presence of animals can play a big role, too. A study of European bison explores the climate connection.
Partisanship and gridlock are for the birds
With great speed, the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act became law
Voices
When we go to the mountains, we want it to be a healthy place
I encourage everyone to care for our environment
We need to take significant action
