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Will Wildfire Smoke Have Long-Term Effects?

A citizen science project collects data on the effects of smoke—and aims to find answers about how to protect people’s health
by Damian Fagan

The recent rash of wildfires across the western United States has destroyed small towns, burned thousands of acres of forests, displaced hundreds of people and created a super plume of smoke that currently stretches across the U.S. and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Though the wildfires have had a devasting effect, one government agency is […]

Posted inOpinion

Don’t allow the notion of short-term financial gain threaten the Endangered Species Act

Jim Anderson

Editor’s note: Our Dog Days of Summer issue conveniently—or perhaps, unfortunately—coincides with the U.S. Department of Interior and Department of Commerce’s recent announcement that the agencies would seek to weaken some of the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. In light of the proposed changes, we could imagine no one more qualified than our Natural […]

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Say What, Science?

EPA head Scott Pruitt announces a change to research policy, and Oregon leaders are pissed
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

This afternoon, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt announced a proposed change that stands to limit what types of scientific research can be used when writing regulations for the agency. Under the newly-proposed change, the EPA would only be able to use studies that include publicly-available data. Pruitt’s move is intended to foster […]

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