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Environment
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
- Digging into new mountain snowpack research
- U.S.'s 2nd-biggest water reservoir to get a short-term fix amid Colorado River drought
- In China, recharging EV batteries can be as quick as filling up a gas tank
- Wildlife trade exposes humans to pathogens, new study finds
- This runner is fighting back against Marathon waste, 1 cup at a time
- A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
- Newly approved mining in Minnesota may threaten waterways of a beloved nature preserve
- Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
- Meet the man cleaning up Florida's mangrove forests
- How some conservationists are recovering bird species during a global biodiversity crisis
- Water restrictions roll out across the country
- Inside the effort to restore California's Russian River
- Is laminated timber the material of future skylines?
- Los Angeles's plan to make 'forever water'
- A botanist searches for rare Death Valley sage seeds
- Snow levels are at a record low in the Rocky Mountains, researchers say
- EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
- The Trump administration may be using the Iran war as an excuse to revive California's oil industry
- The oil industry is betting big on plastics. Here's what that means for the future
- Trump administration cuts turned rural towns into sitting ducks for disasters