Let’s say you live next to a highway, and you also get your drinking water from a municipal source that’s contaminated by “forever” chemicals. Your body wouldn’t process the polluted air independently of the polluted water you’re drinking; these pollutants would act together. Or let’s say you’re exposed to a hazardous chemical in your workplace:
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was preparing to leave my Washington, DC apartment for an appointment when the phone rang. It was just after 9 AM. On the line was my boss at the time, Paul Leventhal, president of the Nuclear Control Institute, a tiny DC nonprofit focused on preventing nuclear and
Conservation policy isn’t limited to what is happening inside the Washington, DC beltway. Across the country, Audubon's state and regional offices work with policymakers, partners, and...
What gardeners do at the end of the growing season will determine how clean, productive and manageable their garden beds will be when spring arrives.
Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today’s storms, and small rural communities in particular struggle to afford needed upgrades.
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century.
Battery recycling is essential for jobs, mineral security, and a cleaner future, but is the US ready to meet the challenge?
When people initially asked me what I loved most about my Audubon Conservation Ranching (ACR) internship, I would always answer that I loved actually exploring California: racing down dirt tracts in...
Today, the United States and Mexico signed an important Colorado River Treaty agreement known as Minute 334, extending the modern, collaborative binational relationship through 2028. This is good...
Nearly 45 million acres of the nation’s most intact forests—an area larger than Oklahoma—could soon open to logging and road building under a proposal from the U.S. Forest Service. The plan...
Ask any birder to name their favorite birdsong, and you’ll get a variety of answers, from the cheery, rich tunes of the Baltimore Oriole and American Robin to the more musical notes of a Wood...
People are not the only ones who are pestered by wasps during the summer and fall. At Aullwood Audubon, wasps were creating a problem for some of the farms most beloved residents. A creative...