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by Beixi Xu | Aug 21, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced last week that the Sand to Snow National Monument in the Southern California desert is safe from the government’s plan to eliminate national monuments. The Department of the Interior said it may issue a...
by Jacob Rogers | Aug 18, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – An Illinois Republican congressman is seeking to support the U.S. nuclear energy industry by changing federal rules that force power companies to pay more than $800 million annually for safety inspections and licensing, among other services. Rep. Adam...
by Haley Velasco | Aug 16, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Thousands of people sitting in traffic on a hot day? Nothing unusual for New York or Los Angeles. But the dozens of cities that are sitting in the path of total solar eclipse are generally small to medium-sized communities that will be inundated on Aug....
by Haley Velasco & Katie Watkins | Aug 16, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For Congolese honorary park ranger Adams Cassinga, there is nothing quite like observing an elephant in its natural habitat. “It is a feeling of peace. It is a feeling of amazement,” he said. “It’s such a huge animal. If you have seen it on...
by Katie Watkins | Aug 11, 2017 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, Ambika will celebrate her 70th birthday like most of us do: with cake and surrounded by friends. She’ll reach for her cake — a mix of ice and tropical fruit — with a speckled trunk, during her celebration at the Smithsonian’s National...
