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(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 Utah) — Provo, Utah — On a July night in the summer of 2024, David Kirkham was watching a documentary on YouTube with his family about the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) — the fastest running feathered creature on Earth that can also fly. Never in his wildest…

(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 Nature) — The death toll for birds that crash into buildings has been vastly underestimated until now, according to new research. The study was published in the open access mega-journal PLOS One and it says wildlife agencies and organizations have been miscalculating the number of fatalities by…

(EnviroNews USA Headline News Desk) — It may sound a bit hard to believe, but scientists have now taught parrots how to communicate with each other via video calls. Researchers from Northeastern University, the University of Glasgow and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) made the breakthrough after seeking…

(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) — A strain of avian influenza known as H5N1 is now thought to have killed more than 58 million birds across the United States while hopping over the so-called “species barrier” and infecting 12 species of mammal. After originating in Europe in the fall of 2021,…

(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 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…

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Amidst continuing controversy in the way gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations are being managed by red states, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has issued a scathing statement on the embattled species.  Her words display a strong reverence for the creature and highlight…

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Washington, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have announced the fee for grazing on federal lands in 2022 and conservationists are dismayed, accusing the Biden Administration of subsidizing the destruction of the American West. The fee…