Is Our Legal System Ready to Grant Rights to Nature?
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Guest Contributor | July 6, 2026
With the natural environment under assault by the current administration, perhaps the time is ripe to consider granting legal rights to nature ...
The Trump Administration’s Dangerous War on Information
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Guest Contributor | May 11, 2026
Information is a public good, which is why government has long been entrusted with its collection and dissemination. That pipeline is now badly damaged ...
Spending Time in Nature Builds Resilience: A Lesson from Rachel Carson
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Guest Contributor | April 10, 2026
Rachel Carson reminds us that our connection with our precious blue planet is mutual. Just as we take action to protect the planet, so we can draw strength and support from it ...
Evisceration of the Federal Communications Commission NEPA
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Guest Contributor | December 22, 2025
The FCC is on the verge of promulgating NEPA rules that would further weaken its already skeletal NEPA rules and further exempt itself from NEPA obligations ...
Trump and Congress Just Gifted Big Oil a Multimillion Dollar Stocking Stuffer
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Guest Contributor | December 19, 2025
As Congress recesses this week, it quietly gave the oil industry a multimillion dollar tax break by allowing the 9 cent-per-barrel oil tax into the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to expire on December 31 ...