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Protesters wrote the words 'Expect Us' on the side of the monument on Monday. Hundreds of activists descended on DC to demand Biden declares a climate emergency before the UN summit.
The Bears Ears National Monument land was cut by 85% in 2017 by former President Trump. On Friday, President Biden returned the land.
Culturally Significant Plant Species of the Pueblo Peoples The latest study focused on artifact-rich locations that had at one time been occupied by the Pueblo peoples of the Colorado Plateau, including the Hopi, Zuni, Utes, and the Navajo (Diné). The scientists were primarily interested in searching for culturally significant Pueblo peoples’ plant species that grow in the area. Puebloan populations in the region were at their peak 1,000 years ago, and these species would have been used back then and in later years for food, medicine, and ceremonial or religious purposes. In total, the...
Swiss Billionaire Quietly Becomes Influential Force Among Democrats Hansjörg Wyss, who recently dropped his bid to buy Tribune Publishing, has been a leading source of difficult-to-trace money to groups associated with Democrats. Hansjörg Wyss, who was born in Switzerland, first visited the United States as an exchange student in 1958, and became enchanted with America’s national parks and public lands. After becoming wealthy, he began donating his fortune primarily to conservation and environmental causes.Credit...Pete Muller May 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — He is not as well kno...
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, each day more Americans have the privilege of standing on what feels like the other side of the pandemic. Yet they retain a sense of what a global crisis looks like in scale and severity as well as a distant memory of normal life. Straddling these two realities, it is our collective responsibility to reflect and redefine our sense of normalcy so that we are better equipped for the next emergency: the rapidly intensifying climate crisis. Staying within the Paris Climate Agreement’s 2℃ limit (and preferably closer to 1.5℃ trajectory) while working ...