Over the past several decades, the federal government has increasingly sought to restrict government employees’ free speech rights and to close pathways through which they can express dissent and safely report wrongdoing. This trend has accelerated under the Trump administration, which is engaging in an unprecedented attack on federal workers’ free speech rights and aggressively targeting employees perceived as disloyal. This webinar provides a timely examination of the increasingly complex legal, political, and social landscape impacting federal employees’ free speech rights, both when...

A Ventura County Superior Court judge ruled Jan. 8 in favor of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and Boeing, rejecting a lawsuit brought by community and environmental groups chall...

The Wayne National Forest is Ohio's only national forest, and remains a sanctuary for people who need an escape from their hectic lives. But Ohio officials are now looking to lease 41 oil and gas parc...

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The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and ...

From the rural farmlands of western New York, to the pristine hills of the Finger Lakes, to the beaches of Long Island: a slate of brand new AI data centers

Like climate change, the Trump administration’s efforts to remove climate data from government websites feels vast, intangible, and overwhelming.

When Georgia environmental officials analyzed the first ash samples collected after the September 2024 BioLab chemical fire in Conyers, Ga., one element immediately stood out: chromium. The element chromium occurs naturally in some soils and is generally non-toxic. But when it burns, such as during a chemical fire, it can change into a cancer-causing compound. The fire at the BioLab chemical facility sent a toxic plume over Rockdale County. More than 17,000 residents evacuated. Another 90,000 sheltered in place. A report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found BioLab was storing nearly…

A state scientist warned about hexavalent chromium, but testing by an outside contractor didn’t look for it.

Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances.

Revised definition of 'professional' would affect all RNs

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue

Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...

How to defend the work of government, one meme at a time

Climate scientists and meteorologists are sounding the alarm after White House budget director Russell Vought announced the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Resea...

Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black…