Climate Change
The Texas Flood, Climate Change, and the Fossil Fuel Coverup
Climate Change
Rescue workers were still searching for bodies buried in twisted piles of brush and tree trunks along the Guadalupe River…
Protecting Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda
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How EPA Chief Zeldin Became a Cheerleader for “Drill Baby Drill”? MARCH 7, 2025 BY WFKISTNER Last year, Lee Zeldin…
Are Dates the New Peace-Building Superfood?
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MAY 28, 2023 BY ROCKY KISTNER Experts say there are financial speedbumps ahead for Israeli food tech and environmental startups…
In Louisiana’s Barataria Bay, a Coastal Restoration Plan Will Fuel a Rise in Painful Dolphin Deaths. Is This the Price of Climate Change?
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This week, after years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted a massive Mississippi River diversion project, part…
Want to Fight Climate Change? Start by Protecting These Endangered Species
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DECEMBER 7, 2020 BY ROCKY KISTNER Despite their massive size, African forest elephants remain an elusive species, poorly studied because…
Mississippi Beaches Have Been Vacant for 2 Months as a Toxic Algae Bloom Lurks Offshore
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 BY ROCKY KISTNER Ship Island Excursions has survived hurricanes, global recessions, a world war, and a host…
There’s an Environmental Disaster Unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico
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JULY 11, 2019 BY ROCKY KISTNER First came Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 monster storm that devastated her small fishing community…
Rescuing the Atchafalaya Swamp Now Threatened by Climate Change That Our Country Depends On
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MAY 18, 2022 BY ROCKY KISTNER Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects…
Dolphins in the Louisiana Bayou Keep Dying. A Reconstruction Plan Might Make It Worse.
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JUNE 5, 2020 BY ROCKY KISTNER Barataria Bay is a marshy jewel in the heart of the vast Louisiana bayou.…
Feeding the Data Center Beast
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Just outside the nation’s capital along Northern Virginia’s rapidly expanding Dulles business corridor are more than 300 low-slung concrete buildings…