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  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing in Washington, USA - 19 Oct 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (12545200b) Charles Sams III, nominee to be Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, speaks at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing in Washington, USA - 19 Oct 2021

    ‘Heal the past’: first Native American confirmed to oversee national parks

    The confirmation of Charles F. Sams III marks a symbolic moment for many Indigenous communities
  • Former Forest Service woodland firefighter Luke Meyer lived out of his truck for nearly four months earlier this year when he worked as a seasonal firefighter.

    ‘Nobody cares I have nowhere to live’: wildland firefighters struggle with homelessness

    As wildfires consume the American west, economic uncertainty plagues those tasked with containing them
  • The Thacker Pass in northern Nevada.

    Indigenous tribes tried to block a car battery mine. But the courts stood in the way

    Legal setbacks in efforts to block a new lithium mine in Nevada’s Thacker Pass highlight how federal courts routinely fail to protect sacred lands
  • The view from Comb Ridge in Utah’s Bears Ears national monument. Biden’s announcement served as a key victory for environmental and Indigenous groups.

    Biden restores beloved national monuments, reversing Trump cuts

    Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante represents victory for advocates after protections were slashed
  • For nearly six months, activists have set up blockades to prevent the logging of old growth forests in the Fairy Creek watershed on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island.

    Canada: win for protesters as judge denies logging firm’s injunction bid

    Judge blocks Teal Cedar Products’ extension request and says police conduct on Vancouver Island has put court at risk
  • The Colorado River is seen from the South Kaibab Trail along the Grand Canyon South Rim in Arizona.

    Wanderlust and stolen land: how to mindfully explore the American outdoors

    Tips for the socially and environmentally responsible traveler
  • Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigns in Richmond, British Columbia<br>Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during an election campaign stop in Richmond, British Columbia Canada September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

    ‘About damn time’: First Nation gets clean water after 24-year wait

    Residents of Shoal Lake 40 can drink from taps thanks to a new water treatment facility but dozens of communities still lack access
  • Visitors photographing a bear hidden in the woods in the Yosemite national park on 6 July 2020.

    ‘It’s not sustainable’: overcrowding is changing the soul of US national parks

    Travelers, tour guides and service workers share how years of record-high tourism are reshaping destinations in ways that may change them forever
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    Anti-logging protest becomes Canada’s biggest ever act of civil disobedience

    At least 866 arrested since April, as police condemned for violence against protesters defending Vancouver Island’s diminishing forests
  • Protest demanding climate action and jobs, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, USA - 28 Jun 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/REX/Shutterstock (12173478e) Hundreds of protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue, en route to the White House. Protesters are young adults who are members of the Sunrise Movement. They have 3 demands of the Biden Administration: no compromises on climate with Congressional Republicans, a meeting with Sunrise Movement, and the creation of a Civilian Conservation Corps. Protest demanding climate action and jobs, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, USA - 28 Jun 2021

    ‘No point in anything else’: Gen Z members flock to climate careers

    Colleges offer support as young people aim to devote their lives to battling the crisis
  • FILE - This Sunday, April 10, 2011 picture shows a rig and supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, off the cost of Louisiana. Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday, March 24, 2021 to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water and to reschedule canceled sales of offshore leases in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska waters and western states. The Republican-leaning states, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, seek a court order ending the moratorium imposed after Democratic President Joe Biden signed executive orders on climate change on Jan. 27. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

    Lawsuit challenges Biden plan to sell oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico

    ‘Our planet cannot handle more stress from oil and gas production,’ says Earthjustice attorney as Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida
  • Hundreds of cars line up to enter Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

    US national parks are overcrowded. Some think ‘selfie stations’ will help

    The park service is turning to selfie stations, timed tickets and crowd-monitoring apps to preserve public lands
  • The habitat of the gentle sea cow has been damaged by coastal development.

    Decimated by famine, Florida’s manatees face an uncertain future

    2021 is already the deadliest year on record for Florida manatees. Scientists and activists are scrambling to avert further disaster
  • Lake Powell At Historic Low Levels In Drought-Stricken West<br>PAGE, ARIZONA - JUNE 24: Boats sit in the Wahweap Marina at Lake Powell on June 24, 2021 in Page, Arizona. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, a below average flow of water is expected to flow through the Colorado River Basin into two of its biggest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Lake Powell is currently at 34.56 percent of capacity, a historic low. The lake stands at 138.91 feet below full pool and has dropped 44 feet in the past year. The Colorado River Basin supplies water to 40 million people in seven western states. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    ‘Climate change has become real’: extreme weather sinks prime US tourism site

    At Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border, the water line has dropped to a historic low, taking a heavy toll on the local industry
  • Offshore wind turbines near Block Island, Rhode Island.

    ‘I can see the industry disappearing’: US fishermen sound alarm at plans for offshore wind

    Fishermen say their concerns, from safety issues to how offshore wind will alter the ocean environment, aren’t being meaningfully considered by regulators
  • Clouds and rain are seen on Lake McDonald as Glacier national park opens to visitors in June 2020.

    Top US scientist on melting glaciers: ‘I’ve gone from being an ecologist to a coroner’

    Diana Six, an entomologist studying beetles near Glacier national park in Montana, says the crisis has fundamentally changed her profession
  • Sunni Begay (dark blue) and Dion Tapahe (yellow) of the Jingle Dress Project dance at Mount Rushmore. They were invited by Red Dawn Foster, a state senator representing the Pine Ridge area.

    The battle for Mount Rushmore: ‘It should be turned into something like the Holocaust Museum’

    The national memorial draws nearly 3 million visitors a year – and Native Americans want the site back with a focus on oppression
  • Saturnina Island, which was recently purchased by the family of the Lululemon founder, Chip Wilson, and donated to the BC Parks Foundation.

    Lululemon founder buys Canadian islands to conserve ecosystems

    Chip Wilson, the former yoga apparel magnate, donated the tiny islands containing coastal Douglas fir forests to charity
  • Police escort a protester away after their arrest for blocking a logging road at an old growth logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

    ‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canada

    Activists seeking to halt cutting of ancient trees have chained themselves to trunks in remote woodland
  • Biden Hosts an Expanded Bilateral Meeting with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 21 May 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (11919668m) United States President Joe Biden, center, listens during a bilateral meeting with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Biden welcomed Moon for talks expected to span North Korea’s nuclear program, a global semiconductor shortage and climate change. Biden Hosts an Expanded Bilateral Meeting with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 21 May 2021

    Activists fear Biden’s climate pledges are falling apart: ‘We aren’t seeing grit’

    The president took swift action upon entering the White House, but recent developments raise concern his agenda has stalled
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