How Wall Street is shifting electric utilities toward consolidation and profit
Electric utilities don’t make money from selling power to customers, but instead profit from investments in power plants, wires, substations and other equipment.
Microplastics are everywhere in Pennsylvania’s water – but the tide may be turning
An environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means for our health.
The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone
So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected on paper only.
FLIGHT Interns Fledge the Nest at the Audubon Center at Debs Park
At the Audubon Center at Debs Park, the start of summer brings a bittersweet milestone: our FLIGHT interns have officially “fledged the nest.”After nine months of learning, restoration work, bird...
Collecting Data to Understand Migrations of Pacific Red Knots
Willapa Bay and neighboring Grays Harbor are the most important spring stopover sites for Pacific Red Knots (Calidris canutus roselaari) in the entire Pacific Flyway (Buchanan et al. 2011). A large...
Meet the Artist Who Wants to Tattoo Every Bird Species in Florida
The Gulf Coast city of St. Petersburg is a place where art and nature blend together to create a whole vibe: The Dalí Museum overlooks mangrove-lined waters, bird-themed murals dot the streets of...
Rowe After Dark
While Rowe Sanctuary is widely recognized for the Sandhill Crane migration and the bird life that draws in visitors from around the world, the landscape here supports far more than what most people...
How window-mounted heat pumps can give tenants efficient heating and cooling
Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America
The constant noise of traffic is so ubiquitous, it is barely noticeable to our ears – until we step into a roadless forest and experience true quiet.
This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy
As sea ice melts, more of the Arctic Ocean opens up. A former ambassador explains how this treaty creates time for scientists to figure out what lives there.
EPA Leadership Strip the Agency of Its Ability to Protect Us from Toxic Chemicals
Over the last year and a half, the Trump administration has recklessly dismantled the democratic institutions that keep us safe, including the systems that rely on the best available science to inform government decision-making.
It’s Hurricane Season. How Will FEMA Show up This Year?
Are changes in FEMA leadership enough to protect us this hurricane season?