by David Sun | Feb 11, 2026 | Environment, Featured
Washington — Attendees filled the Fred Kavli Auditorium at the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday for Climate Conversations: D.C. Crossroads, which featured two panel discussions. The first conversation focused on how to communicate climate change effectively,...
by David Sun | Feb 3, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Wildfire legislation aimed at reducing fire risk exposed partisan divisions Tuesday, as Democrats used a House Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing to criticize the Trump administration. California’s Palisades and Eaton fires exploded within hours of...
by David Sun | Jan 28, 2026 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — With the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and environmental regulations being dismantled under the Trump administration, Democrats are reexamining whether climate change still resonates in American politics. Earlier this week, the...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 27, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For the second time, President Trump Tuesday withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate, the latest casualty of his approach to climate change. Though Trump’s move to exit the climate accord lacked immediate policy consequences, it symbolizes...
by David Sun | Jan 26, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Republican representatives from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa said they oppose deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean during a hearing Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Several mining companies...
by David Sun | Jan 13, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether a federal contractor could move a case from state to federal court, after a state court ruled Chevron, alongside other oil companies, had to pay $745 million to a Louisiana parish. In the original...
by Isaiah Steinberg | Dec 11, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — For more than 50 years, decisions about whether to protect a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) were made by scientists. Now, Congress is increasingly prepared to overrule them. Experts warn that President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda —...
by Lexi Newsom | Dec 9, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Potomac River has long faced pollution from sewage overflows, litter and more. Organizations made significant improvements to water quality for nearly a decade, but since 2016, progress has slowed. Now, local advocates are redoubling their efforts to...
by Lexi Newsom | Dec 3, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is working to achieve their goals to develop public lands, even if they are “in conflict” with preferences of local communities, federal agency employees said in a Public Lands, Forests and Mining Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The...
by Lexi Newsom | Nov 6, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 9, the U.S. Senate passed a joint resolution of disapproval seeking to overturn the newly passed protection of federal land in the Central Yukon region of Alaska and open lands designated for conservation to the mining industry. The resolution...
by Sophie Baker | Nov 6, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Democrats urged a U.S. Department of Agriculture nominee to push back against Trump administration policies and stand up for rural communities at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Glen Smith, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Under...
by Lexi Newsom | Oct 29, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The FBI is one step closer to having a new home at the Ronald Reagan Building. The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) voted to repurpose the Ronald Reagan Building to hold the new FBI headquarters. The building is located near the...
