Toxic mining leases cancelled next to Boundary Waters wilderness
In a long-awaited victory, the Biden administration cancelled the last two mining leases next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, blocking projects that would have leaked toxic chemicals in the sensitive watershed, endangered ancestral Ojibwe land and threatened the bustling local outdoor economy.
A major United Nations report found that about 1 million species face extinction in the coming decades, with recent years’ global rate of species extinction hundreds of times higher than the expected rate. Protecting 30 percent of lands and waters as an interconnected network is one of the best ways to give wildlife a chance at adapting to and surviving the current “extinction crisis.”
4 stories show getting out into nature is harder than it should be
Back in October, we sent Go-Pro cameras to four people in different parts of the country and asked them to record their trip to a nearby park. We hoped to capture first-hand how “park inequity” impacts local communities. The results were eye-opening. Read more
Biden is falling short on climate action—but there’s still time to get it right
After the election, President Biden made big promises to tackle the climate crisis. However, after a strong start, recent actions suggest the president and his administration has started to stray from his original climate agenda. Read more
Tell President Biden to make this year count
Since taking office, President Biden has made a lot of progress on environmental issues. But recent actions, like a move toward reinstating drilling on public lands, suggest he’s starting to stray from his original ambitious climate agenda.Tell President Biden to get back on track fighting climate change.
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