Why environmentalism is conservative
Guest post: If you view safeguarding our environment as a great moral responsibility, perhaps it's your inner conservative talking.
Wildlife & wild places
Can you imagine a world filled with more wildlife and wild places? So can we. And we’re working together to make it happen.
Every minute, we’re losing two football fields worth of wild lands, and too many animal species face extinction. It’s up to us to turn things around. We imagine an America with more mountaintops where all we see is forests below, with more rivers that flow wild and free, more shoreline where all we hear are waves. An America with abundant wildlife, from butterflies and bees floating lazily in your backyard, to the howl of a coyote in the distance, to the breach of a whale just visible from the shore. Together, we can work toward this better future.
Every minute, we’re losing two football fields worth of wild lands, and too many animal species face extinction. It’s up to us to turn things around. We imagine an America with more mountaintops where all we see is forests below, with more rivers that flow wild and free, more shoreline where all we hear are waves. An America with abundant wildlife, from butterflies and bees floating lazily in your backyard, to the howl of a coyote in the distance, to the breach of a whale just visible from the shore. Together, we can work toward this better future.
The Latest on Wildlife & wild places
Bank of America said it would stop financing drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Now it’s backtracking.
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Gov. Kotek signs bill to support Oregon’s Marine Reserves Program
Blue whales have returned to this protected area
New England’s Canyons and Seamounts gets support
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Progress Report: President Biden’s First Year
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Our 2024 priorities in the states
During a contentious election year at the federal level, state and local governments have some of the best opportunities to make progress on issues that affect our environment, our health, and the quality of our lives.
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
Looking ahead: protecting the climate, nature and consumers in 2024
A glance at PIRG's, Environment America's plans to serve the public interest in the new year
Texans vote ‘YES’ on $1 billion for state parks
After months of advocating for Proposition 14, Environment Texas is celebrating its passage. The vote will create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund, which will allocate $1 billion toward state parks -- the largest investment in nature in Texas’ history.
21 species are now officially extinct
To prevent future extinctions, America must help vulnerable species (including the bison) recover. There's a bipartisan bill that can help.