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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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It's Time to Recover Wolves Nationally

Expert BlogWest, MidwestDr. Sylvia Fallon

A judge has ruled that the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service once again violated the Endangered Species Act when removing protections from wolves nationally.

Monarch Butterflies Struggle as Feds Delay Protection

Expert BlogMexico, United StatesDr. Sylvia Fallon
In the last six years, many voluntary efforts have been made to help boost monarch populations. Now the butterflies will have to wait even longer to receive more help.

Monarch Butterfly Numbers Fall Again

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
Over the last several decades, there has been a drastic decline in milkweed—the monarch caterpillar’s only food source—due to the broadscale use of the herbicide glyphosate (commonly known as Roundup) in connection with genetically engineered crops. With the loss of…

Informe: Monarcas, otra especie en peligro de extinción por pesticidas

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Sylvia Fallon
Cada año, la Coalición de Especies en Peligro destaca diez especies que enfrentan una particular amenaza. Este año esa amenaza son los pesticidas. Desde ranas hasta búhos, ballenas y murciélagos, los pesticidas ponen en peligro a las especies en todo…

Report: Monarchs, Other Species Endangered by Pesticides

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Sylvia Fallon

How does a plant-killing herbicide affect a butterfly? Because it decimates milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs lay their eggs and on which monarch caterpillars feed.

A Bar Too Low: National Wolf Delisting

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Sylvia Fallon

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to cut wolves loose for the better part of a decade—and now the Trump administration is letting it happen.

¡La población de la mariposa monarca aumentó! Y disminuyó…

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
Excelentes noticias nos llegan desde México: el conteo anual de la población de mariposas monarca que se reproduce al este de las Montañas Rocosas en Canadá y Estados Unidos y que viaja a sitos de hibernación en México se incrementó…

Monarch Butterfly Numbers Are Up! And Down...

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
The yearly count of the eastern population of North American monarch butterflies increased dramatically this year. Spanning 6.05 hectares of oyamel forests, the monarch population more than doubled from last year’s 2.48 hectare measurement and is larger than it has…

Big Ag’s Unwinnable Arms Race

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
Glyphosate, a toxic herbicide, is under attack. But it’s not enough to develop “better” chemical weapons in our war against crop-killing weeds. We need to rethink our entire battlefield strategy.

Monarch Butterfly Numbers Remain Dangerously Low

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
The World Wildlife Fund and their partners announced the results of their yearly monarch butterfly survey today at 2.48 hectares, down 14% from last year’s count of 2.91. While this year’s count is not as dire as the numbers have…