Building Better Habitat, One Songbird at a Time
Early this spring, a sweet song rang out like a question, filling the air at the Audubon Center at Debs Park early this spring: “Cheedle-cheedle-chee? Cheedle-cheedle-chew!” This fleeting moment...
Every Day is Earth Day
Every day, Audubon Southwest staff is working hard to bring people outside to inspire conservation action through volunteer and education opportunities. For us, every day is earth day! In April...
Chasing the Science
With the incredible biodiversity of the Research Ranch comes a dauntingly long list of conservation challenges. Sure, the ranch is home to a long list of priority grassland birds, uniquely intact...
How We Unlock the Huge Solar Potential in Massachusetts’s Environmental Justice Communities
Massachusetts has tremendous solar potential in environmental justice neighborhoods: enough to power all of the Commonwealth’s nearly three million homes. Activating this resource is key to fulfilling the state’s decarbonization and affordability goals. This is particularly vital as energy costs have become an everyday point of discussion for Massachusetts families, businesses, and policymakers. High prices
The Highway Lobby Spends Millions to Make Sure We Pay Billions
Our car-dependent transportation system is no accident.
Smokey’s Last Stand: What We Lose When President Trump Guts the Forest Service
Only you can prevent wildfires by opposing this plan.
Artificial Intelligence Won’t Solve Climate Change
Samuel Dotson Artificial Intelligence (AI) feels inescapable. Individuals and businesses are looking for ways to leverage this new technology for profit or personal gain. Indeed, it took ChatGPT just five days to reach one million users after its release in late 2022. AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are supported by massive data centers which consume tremendous
Farmers Face a Fertilizer Crisis at Spring Planting Time
Supply chain disruptions caused by the US war against Iran are forcing many farmers to make difficult choices at a critical time.
Documents Show Real Reason Why the White House Wants to Break Up NCAR
OMB's motivations for dismantling research center critical to US safety and defense are political
Center for Birds of Prey Launches Haiku Contest for In-Person Storywalk
The Center for Birds of Prey is calling all haiku writers and passionate poets to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day with haikus celebrating the two vulture species found in Florida:...
The Unexpected Wealth of Serpentine Habitats
Most avid birders might be more interested in the incredible diversity of avian species which visit and inhabit the Bay Area than in the rocks beneath. But the two are part of the same story:...
Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising
Ads from the 19th and 20th centuries shows how the industry has long tried to promote coal as clean and even healthy, despite evidence to the contrary.