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The Other Half of Interior Downsizing: Marine National Monuments

The Other Half of Interior Downsizing: Marine National Monuments

by Joey Mendolia | Jan 23, 2018 | Environment

The tall cliffs and lush valleys of Yosemite come to mind when thinking of a national park, but there’s a whole world of national parks that sits just below the surface of our waters. Just as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments in Southern Utah...
Devastated by Hurricane, St. Martin Looks to Rebuild By Late 2018

Devastated by Hurricane, St. Martin Looks to Rebuild By Late 2018

by Tacuma Roeback | Oct 3, 2017 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – St. Martin, one of the Caribbean islands ravaged by a hurricane last month, aims to restore its economy by late 2018, according to the Dutch ambassador to the United States. “Everything I hear is that we’re going to lose this tourist season,” Ambassador...
Vigil at Mexican Embassy Honors 43 Missing Students and Earthquake Victims

Vigil at Mexican Embassy Honors 43 Missing Students and Earthquake Victims

by Tacuma Roeback | Sep 27, 2017 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — As Mexico continues to recover from three earthquakes in two weeks, mourners gathered at the Mexican embassy this week for a vigil commemorating the dead and missing – but also to call attention to 43 college students who mysteriously vanished three...
Bridging the skills gap, one solar panel at a time

Bridging the skills gap, one solar panel at a time

by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Aug 31, 2017 | Environment, Featured, Science + Technology

It was June 29, and Dexter Rawlings had finished his first day of on-the-job training, installing solar panels on the rooftops of Washington. After hours under the unforgiving summer sun, he arrived home, exhausted. But an email was waiting for him with an encouraging...
Zinke makes recommendations to Trump on nat’l monuments, but withholds details

Zinke makes recommendations to Trump on nat’l monuments, but withholds details

by Beixi Xu | Aug 29, 2017 | Environment, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON- After a lengthy process, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has sent a draft report to President Donald Trump regarding the future statuses of dozens of national monuments that were targeted for review. In a statement, the department did not specify...

This Week in Agriculture: Final Episode

by Eric Englert | Aug 25, 2017 | Environment, Topics

 
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