In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada’s boreal forest will lose three football fields of trees — In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada’s boreal forest will lose three football fields of trees. It’s alarming, but the culprit is softer than you think: We’re watching the boreal disappear before our eyes in part because Costco uses boreal trees to make toilet paper.

This blog was authored by The Public Interest Network Intern Sarah Crawford Twenty-three species were declared extinct in the United States in September, underscoring the urgency with which we must act to stave off further losses. Environment America is advocating for the creation of wildlife corridors as one of the…

Fewer than 6,000 gray wolves remain in the contiguous United States — This blog was authored by the Public Interest Network Intern Sarah Crawford When the Trump administration removed gray wolves from the endangered species list last year, it opened the door to killing sprees that have already taken the lives of hundreds of these wolves. In Wisconsin alone, a wolf hunt…

After 10 long days in a chrysalis, monarchs break free, ready to spread their wings. But the world they fly into is increasingly toxic and unwelcoming. — After 10 long days in a chrysalis, monarch butterflies break free, ready to spread their wings and take their first triumphant flight. But the world they fly into is increasingly toxic and unwelcoming. Lately, fewer and fewer monarch caterpillars are making it to their first flight. …

A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is destroying millions of unused or returned products — A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is destroying millions of unused or returned products. You can find practically anything on Amazon. But it turns out, the company will shred just about anything too — from flat screens and laptops to hairdryers and…

Reversing a dangerous rollback on methane regulations is as a major win for our air quality and global warming efforts — What happened: On June 30, Environment America celebrated the Biden administration’s reversal of a dangerous rollback on methane regulations — a major win for our air quality and global warming efforts. Back in August 2019, the Trump administration had announced plans to roll back an Obama-era regulation that limited emissions…

A dangerous plan to develop a mine near the largest wildlife refuge in the Eastern U.S. is moving full speed ahead — This blog was authored by The Public Interest Network Intern Natalie Kerr. Home to the largest wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River, Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp houses hundreds of plant and animal species, some even threatened or endangered. And now, a dangerous plan to develop a mine nearby is moving…

Here’s what that means and what we did to make it happen — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced its plan to repeal and replace the “Dirty Water Rule” — a Trump administration policy that left the drinking water of millions of Americans at risk from polluters. It’s the latest round in a 15-year-old debate over the scope of the Clean Water…

We can’t same-day ship a new species — Our bee populations are in rapid decline, and neonicotinoids — a dangerous class of bee-killing pesticides — aren’t helping. Yet still, the next time you shop on Amazon, you could easily find products that contain these dangerous chemicals. Right now, nearly 1 in 4 native bee species is imperiled, and…