Our nation’s most visited canoeing spot is due for permanent protection from mining — Imagine gorgeous rivers and streams with water clean enough to drink. This is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (“the Boundary Waters”), a collection of rivers and lakes located in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. Across the waterways, you can find people hiking, camping and canoeing. On the…

A Kentucky forest champion makes the case for protecting habitat — Older trees are the climate solution we don’t have to invent, but simply protect. Protecting these trees is also critical to saving species threatened with extinction and to safeguarding drinking water for millions of Americans. This past Earth Day, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that moves the United…

ConocoPhillips’ catastrophic oil drilling project needs to be stopped — The Western Arctic is on the brink of catastrophe. ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest crude oil producer has proposed a “carbon bomb” that would prove devastating for the Arctic environment, its inhabitants and our planet at large. This “carbon bomb” is known as the Willow Project. If allowed to move forward, it…

The Arctic Refuge has been abandoned, for now, by oil companies. Will Congress act to protect it before they return? — As of this month, there are no oil companies holding drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is good news for the arctic and for our work to protect all of our special places from oil drilling. The Arctic Refuge is home to endangered polar bears and the…

Climate change has sparked longer wildfire seasons with hotter, faster-moving fires across much of the United States — Climate change has sparked longer wildfire seasons with hotter, faster-moving fires across much of the United States. …

Spirit Mountain and its surrounding area in Nevada should be designated as a national monument — The proposed Avi Kwa Ame (Ah-VEE kwa-meh) National Monument would cover more than 450,000 acres of land in southern Nevada. Standing 5,600 feet above sea level, Avi Kwa Ame is the Mojave name for Spirit Mountain and its surrounding area, located about 80 miles south of Las Vegas. There is…

Climate solutions that can help solve global warming and address our wildfire crisis — Climate change is making wildfires worse. Worsening drought and hotter temperatures affect how long, how hot and how dry fire seasons are. Wildfires, in turn, release more climate changing carbon emissions that are driving climate change. …

This Texas mountain range should become our next national monument — Outside El Paso, Texas, home to 679,000 people and many large businesses, sits the peaceful 7,081-acre Castner Range. Known for its unique plants and rock formations, Castner Range is part of the Southwest’s Chihuahuan Desert. Every spring, bright yellow poppies bloom, blanketing the mountains in vivid color. Alongside the poppies…

Home improvement retailers have the opportunity to protect our climate, biodiversity and people. Lowe’s is stepping up. — Major home improvement retailer Lowe’s has made new commitments to work towards eliminating deforestation and primary forest degradation. These commitments came in response to a shareholder proposal from Green Century Capital Management°, Environment America’s affiliated socially responsible mutual fund company.