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May 14, 2019

Two-Thirds of World’s Longest Rivers Don’t Flow Freely Anymore

by Yoel Fessahaye The largest-ever study on global hydrology has discovered that only 37% of the longest rivers (longer than 600 miles) remain free-flowing and 23% flow uninterrupted to the ocean. As National Geographic explains, rivers are the lifeblood of our...

January 6, 2019

NYT Exposé: Health Risks on the Rise Due to Regulatory Rollbacks

The New York Times published a major investigation over the holidays explaining the real-life impacts of the Trump Administration’s environmental regulation rollbacks and reversals by telling the stories of agricultural workers in California sickened by looser...

April 11, 2018

Our Daily Planet: Dislike–Facebook’s Role in Wildlife Trafficking, Ten Most Endangered U.S. Rivers, Extreme Heat, An Extreme Problem, Southern Company Phasing Out Coal, Bottom Trawling Banned by Fishermen In California, John Oliver on Scott Pruitt

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Two-Thirds of World’s Longest Rivers Don’t Flow Freely Anymore

NYT Exposé: Health Risks on the Rise Due to Regulatory Rollbacks

Our Daily Planet: Dislike–Facebook’s Role in Wildlife Trafficking, Ten Most Endangered U.S. Rivers, Extreme Heat, An Extreme Problem, Southern Company Phasing Out Coal, Bottom Trawling Banned by Fishermen In California, John Oliver on Scott Pruitt