News items for February 19, 2021

A new UN blueprint offers an integrated ‘peace plan’ to tackle three interlinked environmental emergencies—the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution—that cannot be solved in isolation.

Power failures have cast a spotlight on whether energy companies and regulators are doing enough to prepare for climate change and natural disasters.

Snake River spring-summer chinook could be nearly extinct by 2060 and interventions are “desperately needed” to boost survival in every stage of their lives, scientists warn.

In the renewed debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one troubling impact of oil development has been overlooked: Disrupting the annual caribou migration will have a profound effect on the soil and release even more greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

The Equality Act would amend existing civil rights laws to explicitly ban LGBTQ discrimination in the workforce, housing, education, credit, jury service and other areas of American life. If passed, the legislation would provide the most comprehensive LGBTQ civil rights protections in U.S. history.

After showing political clout in the 2020 election, tribal communities are hoping for more attention and money to address their long-running problems with poverty, health care and other issues.

Interest in nature-based education has increased during the pandemic, but affordability is an issue.

Is the cold wave that froze Texas this week a unique event or a sign of what’s to come?

Forty percent of U.S. farmland is owned by non-operating landowners. When they support their renters’ use of conservation practices, it can make an important difference.

The battle is not between liberal and conservative states. It is between those working towards a clean, affordable resilient energy future and the politicians and incumbent energy providers that politicize it.