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“Ranchers, hunters, and the BLM have long pointed the finger at wild horses and burros for devastating rangelands and competing with cattle and big game for scarce water and grass. But the extent of damage to Nevada’s public lands from livestock and wildlife is largely a mystery ...

“Several conservation organizations and numerous Native American tribes are citing Wyoming’s wolf predator zone — the roughly 85% of the state where wolves can be killed at any time by any means — as evidence of the need for renewed federal protection of the gray wolf. In an ...

“With this article, Beyond Pesticides rounds out its coverage of recent revelations about compromised science integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Sharon Lerner reports in her September 18 (and third in a series) article in The Intercept, new documents and ...

“When someone repeats an obviously false statement often enough, people start believing it despite proof to the contrary. The statement takes on a life of its own, and soon people start questioning their own observations. It may even become popular to repeat the false trope, and ...

“House Energy and Commerce lawmakers on both sides of the aisle yesterday grilled the lone board member of a small but key federal agency plagued by controversy. Democrats largely queried Lemos on current struggles. The board is tasked with probing chemical disasters and crises, many ...

“Florida isn’t doing enough to punish polluters, according to a new environmental report. The report from Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, shows many polluters in the state are not fined and even when they are, only 36 percent of the fines are ...