Tribes And Lawyers Are Vowing To Fight Trump's Pipelines
Memorandums signed by President Trump seek to revive the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL. Tribal leaders and their lawyers intend to stand their ground.
These Park Service Tweets Were Too Wild For The Interior Department
Accounts across the department were temporarily frozen, and the offending tweets were deleted. The flagged tweets were retweets about the Trump inauguration's moves on climate and crowd size.
Here’s How Obamacare Repeal Could Hurt Native Americans
A full ACA repeal could have "catastrophic consequences" for Native Americans, one health board leader said.
US Ebola Czar Calls Trump "Badly Misguided" On Diseases
"I think there’s a lot of reason for concern at this moment," Ron Klain, who coordinated the White House Ebola response under President Obama, said at a global health meeting Tuesday.
Climate Change Is The Biggest Killer Of Polar Bears
In its plan to preserve the polar bear, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has named climate change as the species' primary threat. "The future for polar bears is pretty bleak," said one federal official.
Conservation Groups Are Worried That Congress Will Give Away Public Lands
It’s a step towards allowing states, and possibly private companies, to gain control of federally managed lands and national parks.
A Fight Is Just Getting Started On Banning Killer Robots
UN countries will debate how weapons that aim and fire without human control should be used in warfare. But experts are skeptical that such weapons will be banned outright.
Scientists Are Freaking Out About Rick Perry Heading The Energy Department
The biggest funder of research in the physical sciences would be helmed by the former Texas governor who once wanted to eliminate the agency.
Reversal Of Standing Rock Victory Might Undermine Environmental Law
The Army Corps’ decision to consider alternate routes for the Dakota Access pipeline was historic and hard-won, but legal experts fear that it could soon be reversed.
The Battle Over A Revolutionary Gene Tool Headed To Court Today
Who invented the hottest biotech tool in modern history?
US Civil Rights Commission Will Observe Standing Rock Standoff
"This is to me the closest thing to what we've done since the time that we would go down in the 1960s to the Jim Crow South," the chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights said.
Obamacare Repeal Will Bring Lean Times To 9,000 Clinics For The Poor
Community health centers thrived under Obamacare. “We have the most to lose,” one health network chief said.
Nobel Prize Winners Are Asking Donald Trump To Respect Science
Scientists will “closely monitor” the new administration, the group said.
Climate Change Is Already Taking A Toll On These Thanksgiving Staples
Smaller cranberries and larger sweet potatoes are just some of the casualties of changing global climate.
WHO: Zika No Longer A "Public Health Emergency Of International Concern"
The disease is still spreading, health officials said.
The Tribe That’s Suing The US Government To Keep Its Promises
In a landmark lawsuit, the Rosebud Sioux tribe is suing its government-run hospital for failing to provide the free health care that they say has been promised since 1868. The feds, in turn, argue that they actually have no legal obligation to provide care.
Thousands March Across The US To Protest President-Elect Trump
Massive crowds gathered Saturday in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere to denounce Trump's victory.
Khizr Khan Says Trump Has Done Nothing To Unite The Country Since The Election
"He has not extended a hand of reconciliation," Khan said.
Meet The Immigrant Scientists Spooked By A Looming Trump Presidency
President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigration and anti-science stances are expected to repel foreign scientists who had looked to the US as a premier destination for study and work.
Trump’s Decades Of Insults Against Native Americans Send Tribal Leaders Toward Clinton
For years Donald Trump has questioned the rights of Native American tribes. Now tribal leaders are bracing for the election.