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Environment (Page 4)

November 7, 2024

Colorado Voters Reject Big Cat Hunting Ban

Voters reject the proposed ban on hunting mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx, challenging expectations and highlighting divisions in wildlife management philosophies.

Public hiking trail to California’s Hollywood sign [Credit: Valeria Garcia]

October 9, 2024

Polls Reveal 65% of California Voters Support Proposition 4’s Green Initiatives

Will the Golden State go green? Polls show a majority favor Prop 4's $10 billion eco bond ahead of the election.

June 26, 2024

Podcast: Stage For Change – No Theater on a Dead Planet

After climate activists disrupted the Broadway revival of "An Enemy of the People," Holly Chen and Genevieve Hartnett spoke with eyewitnesses, experts, and the activists to uncover what theater, and all of us, should be doing to address the climate crisis.

A cougar stretches at night. Overlooks Los Angeles.

February 18, 2024

How to Save a Mountain: One Group’s Fight to Stop a Luxury Development in Los Angeles

The proposed Canyon Hills site would require grading, or flattening, 300 acres of the Verdugos and would destroy the habitat of, according to NCH’s estimation, over 350 species of plants and animals, including a dozen designated as protected or threatened. 

Local volunteers and scientists motor in an all-terrain vehicle along an 11-mile stretch of coast in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, monitoring sea turtle nests. (Credit: Jennifer Taylor)

January 11, 2024

Florida Sea Turtles are Making a Comeback as Humans Stay Out of the Way

Sea turtles are returning to this Florida surf town with nesting populations nearly doubling in 2022, sparking new hope from conservationists.