(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Washington, D.C. — Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is a retired U.S. Navy Captain a former space shuttle astronaut, and the senior senator for Arizona — a seat which he has held since 2020. But last week, tech titan and Tesla CEO Elon Musk called…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — One of America’s most prominent environmental watchdogs has sounded an alarm about President Donald Trump’s January 20 declaration of an alleged “National Energy Emergency.” The Center for Biological Diversity (the Center) is taking legal action against the administration for President Trump’s related Executive…
(EnviroNews Wyoming) — The battle between the wind power industry and conservation NGOs protecting golden eagles just heated up in the wake of President Trump’s Executive Order 90 FR 8363, issued on Jan. 20, 2025. The Albany County Conservancy (ACC), the Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists, and three…
(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Ottawa, Canada — Even if you were going through a rough patch with your best friend, would your approach be to cold-cock sucker-punch them in the face with a right hook at a party in front of all your mutual friends? Or, might you…
(EnviroNews Nature) — Inverness, California — Finally, it is coming to an end. “It” being the most hotly contested wildlife and public lands battle the country has seen since the spotted owl pitted the logging industry against environmentalists in the late 1980s. In a landmark agreement made official…
(EnviroNews Nevada) — Orovada, Nevada — A turbulent spring for Lithium Nevada’s hotly contested lithium strip mining project in the Thacker Pass area of northern Nevada has given way to a tumultuous summer. The company – a subsidiary of Canada-based Lithium Americas – started construction in March, but…
(EnviroNews Nature) — Washington D.C. — Animal welfare groups and conservation activists are taking issue with a recent decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to issue permits to hunters wanting to import elephant hunting trophies into the United States from the African countries of Zimbabwe…
(EnviroNews California) — Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California — Almost 200 years ago, herds of tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) roamed freely along the California coast. However, as American expansion pushed westward, their numbers plummeted drastically as they were hunted for their meat and hides….
(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Controversial Fox News host Tucker Carlson invited Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) onto his show. Instead of accepting, Kinzinger turned around and verbally body-slammed Carlson in a video of his own, posted on his Twitter account where he called the host out for supporting Russian President…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau)— Washington D.C. — Days ahead of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump’s Interior Department (DOI/Interior) under Secretary David Bernhardt made an announcement that sent shockwaves through the environmental movement: gray wolves (Canis lupus) were to be stripped of their protections under the Endangered…