‘America the Beautiful’ Plan Debuts the Biden Administration’s Approach to Conserving the Environment and Habitat
The mom-and-apple-pie effort taps into the nation’s broad concern for protecting natural places and imperiled species, and will also help fight climate change.
May 7, 2021
View of Wild Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake at sunrise in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images
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The Biden administration on Thursday introduced its “America the Beautiful” plan to conserve 30 percent of the nation’s land and water by 2030, calling it the country’s first-ever national conservation goal and issuing a stark warning about the state of the country’s natural areas.
Lauren Sommer covers climate change for NPR's Science Desk, from the scientists on the front lines of documenting the warming climate to the way those changes are reshaping communities and ecosystems around the world.
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The Pandemic Exposed the Severe Water Insecurity Faced by Southwestern Tribes
Lack of potable water drove high Covid-19 rates in Native American communities. That realization may help them gain better representation in upcoming negotiations about Colorado River water.
April 29, 2021
Nancy Bitsue, an elderly member of the Navajo Nation, receives her monthly water delivery in the town of Thoreau on June 6, 2019 in Thoreau, New Mexico. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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While the world watched in horror as refrigerator trailers collected the bodies of Covid-19 victims in New York City, the suffering of Native American people was almost invisible.
Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo credit: Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House last month. Biden will address both chambers of Congress tonight as Harris makes history as the first female vice president to attend a joint speech. Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom
President Biden is expected to use his first congressional address tonight to tout how the first 100 days of his administration have yielded the most ambitious climate policy of any U.S. president.
But much of it depends on forces beyond his reach.