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The advocacy group Friends of the Earth says in fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $4.8 billion on food for school meals, food banks and tribal communities. Almost half of that went to just 25 companies.
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Environmentalists point to policies ensuring developers take part in a statewide review process, pay for burdening power grids and limit emissions.
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The annual count by chapters of the Audubon Society help track invasive species, trends in where different species are spending time and offer a day of citizen science.
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Nevada wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, marking the first detection in the state — and making Nevada the final western state where the pathogen has now been found.
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The new ‘dredge-and-fill’ rules address a gap by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision two years ago, which drastically shrunk the number of waterways eligible for federal protections.
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New coal leasing will once again be allowed in the top producing region in the country. However, it’s unclear if the market is interested.
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Seventeen state parks and historic sites will hold free guided hikes on Jan. 1.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is reversing course from the state’s wildlife commission on pronghorn migration protections.
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The BLM is holding an additional oil and gas lease sale this year in an unusual move. The status quo is four annual sales, one every quarter. This one is for parcels that haven’t received bids.
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National monuments across the West do more than preserve iconic landscapes — they also help protect the rivers millions of people rely on for drinking water. But a new analysis warns those protections could weaken under the Trump administration’s push to redraw the boundaries of several monuments.
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Researchers are trying to find alternative uses for coal, like construction and farming. Proving that technology works is no small feat, but perhaps the trickier task is shifting how some people feel about coal.
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Researchers at the University of Wyoming have been studying how well plants thrive outside their preferred ecosystems. They planted gardens at various elevations to see which species would survive with a little help moving.