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When I first started hearing about efforts to ban single use plastic bags – the kind at the grocery store check-out – I admit I...
Jun 11, 2019 Blog Post
Too often, infrastructure policy seems to be driven by short-term priorities – getting projects underway, creating jobs, or squeezing out another couple decimal points of...
May 15, 2019 Blog Post
Across the country, thousands of miles of waterways are threatened by at least one of five major potential sources of contamination: coal ash pits, oil...
Apr 16, 2019 Blog Post
The United States is home to beautiful beaches and ecologically crucial coastal areas, where waters abound with marine life and one-of-akind ecosystems. Two new factsheets...
Apr 15, 2019 Blog Post
Cities across the U.S. are grappling with accommodating the housing needs of their growing and changing populations, a process complicated by the increasing scarcity of...
Apr 12, 2019 Blog Post
In 2018, the U.S. and world woke up to many of the problems created by trash, as well as new opportunities to eliminate it. In...
Dec 21, 2018 Blog Post
Soon after the Trump administration took office in 2017, it launched an assault on our lands, oceans and vulnerable species. But if 2017 was the...
Dec 11, 2018 Blog Post
A sea of corn or soybeans stretching across the horizon: this is the image of American farming ingrained in our collective imagination. Through advertisements and...
Dec 7, 2018 Blog Post
Why should we worry that rivers and bayous in the middle of our cities be safe enough for swimming? A better question might be: Why...
Sep 7, 2018 Blog Post
From South Padre Island to Galveston Bay, and from the San Marcos River to Lake Lewisville, Texas rivers, lakes and beaches draw thousands of people...
Aug 30, 2018 Report
