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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
In an opinion piece for CNN, policy analyst Alana Miller argues that fossil fuel extraction has no place near America's most special places, like the...
Jun 25, 2018 Blog Post
Uranium mining is among the riskiest industrial activities in the world. Every uranium mine ever operated in the United States has required some degree of...
May 31, 2018 Report
On broken appliances and a broken system.
May 17, 2018 Blog Post
When coal-fired power plants burn coal, they leave behind toxic ash waste. Often, this ash waste is stored in uncovered ponds that are susceptible to...
Apr 30, 2018 ReportNebraska, like my home state of Kansas, is landlocked. There are no beaches with washed up garbage and no sea turtles mistaking plastic bags for...
Apr 5, 2018 Blog Post
A Swedish power plant has a surprising source of energy: discarded clothing. The mental double-take we do at the idea of burning clothing for electricity...
Mar 14, 2018 Blog Post
