Cally Carswell
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Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Seem to Want to Punish Law-Breaking Polluters –
Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is more likely to give polluters a pass when they violate laws intended to keep the air healthy and water clean, according to recent… → Read More
Trump’s EPA isn’t so tough on law-breaking polluters
A recent report shows that law enforcement at the agency has sharply declined. → Read More
Trump’s EPA is reluctant to punish law-breaking polluters —
A recent report shows that law enforcement at the agency is declining. → Read More
In this rapaciously dry year, a quiet question has grown louder: What are we doing here? (What are we doing here?) —
Drought, dread and family in the American Southwest. → Read More
When climate change hits home (There's no place like home) —
Northern New Mexicans weigh their future in a drying climate. → Read More
Threatened plants on state lands have few protections (Plant Blind in New Mexico) —
Politics, land ownership and imperiled plants collide in New Mexico. → Read More
Threatened plants on state lands have few protections (Plant Blind in New Mexico) —
Politics, land ownership and imperiled plants collide in New Mexico. → Read More
Scott Pruitt Is a Nightmare—But Reagan's EPA Boss Was Worse
She left a roadmap for taking down the agency. → Read More
How Reagan’s EPA Chief Paved the Way for Trump’s Assault on the Agency
Anne Gorsuch Burford—the mother of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch—cut its budget by a quarter and its workforce by 20 percent. → Read More
Scott Pruitt isn’t the first administrator hostile to the EPA’s mission (Reagan-era redux? ) —
How Reagan’s EPA chief left a roadmap for taking down the agency. → Read More
The contradictions at the heart of the fight over methane rules —
Why does industry oppose federal restrictions on emissions but aid states’ efforts? → Read More
Young people are suing over climate change (The climate movement's Brown v. Board of Education) —
The Constitution may hold the key to climate action. → Read More
The West Is Burning, And Climate Change Is Partly To Blame
So far this year, wildfires have scorched nearly 5 million acres in the U.S. That sounds like a lot, but compared to 2015, the season has been downright tame. Last year at this time, more than 9 mi… → Read More
The West Is Burning, And Climate Change Is Partly To Blame
So far this year, wildfires have scorched nearly 5 million acres in the U.S. That sounds like a lot, but compared to 2015, the season has been downright tame. L… → Read More
The Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species triage (Endangered species triage) —
Buried in petitions to list new species, the Fish and Wildlife Service proposes a system for prioritizing who gets help first. → Read More
Line of descent: How poor management left Mexican wolves dangerously inbred (Line of descent) —
Missteps and conflict between the state and the feds have hounded the recovery of Arizona and New Mexico’s remaining wolf packs. → Read More
At Valles Caldera, a new national park unit takes shape (A park ‘in the raw’) —
A preserve was added to the park system, after an experiment in managing federal lands outside the traditional agencies. → Read More
Who really killed Keystone? (Killing Keystone) —
An unusual coalition is fighting new fossil fuel infrastructure, and they're starting to win. → Read More
Mexican wolf restoration hits (another) snag —
The feds want to release captive animals to increase genetic diversity in the wild, but New Mexico isn’t having it. → Read More
Mexican wolf restoration hits (another) snag —
The feds want to release captive animals to increase genetic diversity in the wild, but New Mexico isn’t having it. → Read More