by Hannah Wiley | Apr 20, 2018 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will end its efforts to build emergency energy infrastructure in Puerto Rico by May 18. But because of a federal law that prohibits from updating infrastructure, the energy system that FEMA has built is still...
by Kate Cimini | Apr 18, 2018 | Environment, Topics
MIDDLEBURG, VA – Shepherds like Franny Kransteiner of Gum Tree Farms have embraced a tip-to-tail, birth-to-death philosophy when it comes to their sheep, as more and more people have begun to search for more fulfilling lifestyles. Her sheep often live out...
by Joey Mendolia | Mar 20, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – On the boarder of West Virginia and Maryland, roughly 75 miles from Washington, D.C., researchers are raising salmon from egg to harvest. Led by The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, the Spring Hill Salmon project is the first land-based...
by Kate Cimini | Feb 22, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – While the Trump administration has made deregulation a priority, some of the anticipated public health consequences are stunning – and unpopular among many local politicians. Hundreds of mayors united this week, signing a letter opposing President...
by Kate Cimini | Feb 2, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – The American Meterological Society took a novel approach this week, responding to President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine policies that combat climate change. Instead of waging another attack on Trump’s campaign to obliterate Obama-era...
by Kate Cimini | Jan 31, 2018 | Environment, Featured
Entrance fees to some of the most popular national parks in the country are slated to more than triple this year, despite protest by former advisors to the Department of the Interior. The scheduled fee hikes come only two years after a substantial fee increase in many...
