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Margaret Renkl: The fate of the Okefenokee Swamp is in your hands

It’s not too much to say that to endanger it would be to endanger the whole world.
Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass
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Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing a Trump decision.
David Foreman, hard-line environmentalist, dies at 75

David Foreman, hard-line environmentalist, dies at 75

As a co-founder of the group Earth First!, he advocated slashing tires and downing power lines in an effort to return vast swaths of the country to their natural state.
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As Alaska warms, fires burn over and under' more wild land

As Alaska warms, fires burn over and under' more wild land

Lightning storms, drought and thawing tundra are making fires more destructive. In the vast wilderness, firefighting is a major challenge.
Lawyer set to defeat Cheney spent career fighting environmental rules

Lawyer set to defeat Cheney spent career fighting environmental rules

Harriet Hageman, who is challenging Representative Liz Cheney, worked for decades as a lawyer opposing environmentalists and federal regulations of resources in Wyoming.
Jon Waterman: 36 years later, the climate changes at this national park stunned me

Jon Waterman: 36 years later, the climate changes at this national park stunned me

The landscape resembles frozen spinach left out on the kitchen counter too long.
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