Much of the Trans Mountain pipeline’s route lies within the territory of the Secwepemc Nation, which has never relinquished its land to the Canadian government by treaty, land sale, or surrender.
Environment & Health
How the Country’s Most Prominent Conservation Agency is Failing to Tackle Climate Change
Newly obtained documents show FWS officials pursued plans to remove protections from an endangered Florida animal despite internal warnings about sea level rise.
The Big Thaw
Alaska becomes the nation’s first frontier of climate disruption
Biden Is Breaking a Promise To Block Drilling on Public Lands
The federal government is still signing off on oil and gas leases.
Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness, and a Booming Industry
The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?
How Joe Biden’s Green Agenda Threatens the Alaskan Wilderness
Donald Trump wanted to put a road through one of the most remote parts of North America. His successor could finish the job.
Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire
The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.
The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners
Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back in time for the climate crisis.
‘In the Dark of Night’: Trump’s Interior Chief Snuck Murkowski an 11th-hour Win
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered his agency to make novel use of a law to evade conservation restrictions that have blocked development of the Alaskan road to a remote village.
I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home.
Did New York Let Doctors Get Away With Sexual Misconduct?
Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians.
NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea.
The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy.
Defanged
Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act.
The Trump Administration Rushes to Sell Leases in the Arctic Refuge, But How Much Oil Is There?
The Interior Department won’t release geologic information, raising questions about petroleum potential.
Children Were at Risk so Detroit Promised to Halt Demolitions. But That Didn’t Happen.
A city task force found a potential link between demolitions in Detroit and lead levels of children who live nearby. This is what happened next.
‘He Didn’t Want Any Covid-Related Studies’
Federal scientists want to study how the virus interacts with wildlife—but they say a Trump appointee is stopping them.
Trump Administration Eyes Speedy Permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Seismic Tests
“This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO.
Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries
Immigrants detained at an ICE-contracted center in Georgia said they had invasive gynecology procedures that they later learned might have been unnecessary.
The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change
It may take decades to see the worst effects of global warming. Yet Jim Reilly, the director of the US Geological Survey, is committed to short-term thinking.
Fire Drill
This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it.