EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.
How Audubon’s Plants for Birds Program is Supporting Migrating Birds
Spring migration is now in full swing across the U.S. Birds are returning from their wintering grounds to North America to breed and feast on the abundance of budding plants and insects. Along their...
How Audubon’s Plants for Birds Program is Supporting Migrating Birds
Spring migration is now in full swing across the U.S. Birds are returning from their wintering grounds to North America to breed and feast on the abundance of budding plants and insects. Along their...
New Segments of Living Shorelines Completed
What is a living shoreline? A living shoreline uses a system of breakwaters to reduce wave energy, attract oysters, and reduce coastal impacts of erosion. Audubon Florida installs living shorelines...
New Segments of Living Shorelines Completed
What is a living shoreline? A living shoreline uses a system of breakwaters to reduce wave energy, attract oysters, and reduce coastal impacts of erosion. Audubon Florida installs living shorelines...
Trump National Security Officials: Add NOAA to the Chat for Climate Literacy
The administration that most needs it has disappeared the 2024 Climate Literacy Guide.
Trump’s NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That’s Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science
The Trump administration has rescinded the scientific integrity policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and it’s a bad sign for public confidence in government science. At a time when Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades and worry about bird flu’s pandemic potential is rising, the public should be able to
Western Energy Markets, Sabrina Carpenter, and the Grid Espresso Paradox
California's SB 540 hits all the right notes for the state's future energy needs.
7 Takeaways from Trump’s Disaster Preparedness Executive Order and What It Means for US
The cruel campaign to decimate FEMA endangers lives.
Science Silenced, Justice Denied: The Trump Administration’s Attack on NEJAC
Over the past two years, I was proud to be part of a group of experts working to make U.S. environmental and public health policies more effective. As part of the Cumulative Impacts workgroup of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), it was exciting to work with and learn from some of the leading
A Backward March: Another Month of Attacks on Federal Science
We’ve truly never seen anything like it before. We have counted a grand total of 219 actions, decisions, or policies where science may have been sidelined or threatened since the Trump administration’s return to the White House.
Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences
The Trump administration’s goal is to roll back rules limiting planet-warming greenhouse gases emissions from power plants, vehicles and oil and gas production, but it could backfire for industry.