animal and plants, land protection, urban green space

$1.7B Big Bend Border Wall Contract Awarded Amidst Public Confusion Over Plans

The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build a wall in Big Bend National Park.

By Ayden Runnels and Texas Tribune

/ 16 May 2026

$1.7B Big Bend Border Wall Contract Awarded Amidst Public Confusion Over Plans

Privatizing Our National Forests? Mass 'Reorganization' of Forest Service—Including Closing Nacogdoches Research Station—May be First Step

Massive changes to the Forest Service and shifting priorities endanger long-term ecological research, science, and the future of our public lands, writes Wendee Nicole.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 10 Apr 2026

Privatizing Our National Forests? Mass 'Reorganization' of Forest Service—Including Closing Nacogdoches Research Station—May be First Step

Endangered Species Act 'Disemboweled' by God Squad in 15 Minutes, Seven Seconds

Fossil fuel operators exempted from federal ESA rules across the Gulf of Mexico as ‘a matter of urgent national security.’

By Wendee Nicole

/ 3 Apr 2026

Endangered Species Act 'Disemboweled' by God Squad in 15 Minutes, Seven Seconds

Keeping Tabs on Migrating Whooping Cranes on the Texas Coast

Tracking this small population of big birds is revealing potentially significant changes in their habits.

By Melissa Gaskill and The Revelator

/ 20 Mar 2026

Keeping Tabs on Migrating Whooping Cranes on the Texas Coast

Clearcutting the Borderlands Threatens Native Rio Grande Habitat

As border barriers go up in the Rio Grande Valley, one nature enthusiast in Starr County is documenting what’s being lost.

By Martha Pskowski and Inside Climate News

/ 5 Mar 2026

Clearcutting the Borderlands Threatens Native Rio Grande Habitat

Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend

Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.

By Martha Pskowski and Inside Climate News

/ 27 Feb 2026

Call for Legal Rights for Amazon River Advances to Global Climate Conference

With global ecological systems unraveling, contested Rights of Nature legal frameworks still offer a way toward a future where governments treat land as a living ecosystem rather than just property.

By Laura Hayter

/ 13 Nov 2025

Call for Legal Rights for Amazon River Advances to Global Climate Conference

COP30 in Brazil: Five Issues to Watch

“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”

By Grist

/ 12 Nov 2025

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

In a moment when increasing state repression of protest is coupled with vigilante violence, the Olympic Forest Defenders offer lessons to all about how to build power and mitigate risk while taking direct action against ecocide.

By Annie Hartnett

/ 12 Sep 2025

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

Four Wildlife Success Stories—That Require Continued Federal Engagement

The Endangered Species Act has long enjoyed broad-based support. These species show success is an option.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 21 Aug 2025

Four Wildlife Success Stories—That Require Continued Federal Engagement

The Battle to Save the Endangered Species Act

Protecting threatened and endangered species has long been popular with Americans across the political spectrum. But can the Trump administration, which has moved to weaken the Endangered Species Act, be inspired to protect the species we love?

By Wendee Nicole

/ 21 Aug 2025

The Battle to Save the Endangered Species Act

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa

The U.S. military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore.

By Elyse Hauser

/ 1 Jul 2025

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa