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Beginning this summer, National Park Service workers will start removing flammable tree debris along the Blue Ridge Parkway that was left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The project is slated for completion next spring.
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After a community vote, two forested islands in the Yadkin River now have a name. More than 250 people weighed in, with a write-in choice coming out on top.
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The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.
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An estimated 3 to 4 million feral hogs live in Texas, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to crops and moving more frequently into growing suburban areas.
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More state and federal approvals are needed for the 3-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which would stretch from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline.
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State wildlife agencies are releasing non-native trout to their local lakes and streams by the millions.
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New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon."
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There is a small-but-growing trend in American cities: Buildings with plants on the roofs.
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Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas and coal.
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Heat is the top weather-related killer in the U.S.
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The coalition focused on making Americans healthier is frustrated with the Trump administration's stance on environmental toxins and most recently, its support of the company that makes the pesticide.
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Millions of homes in the U.S. are uninsured, partly because insurance costs have soared in recent years. NPR wants to hear about the coverage decisions you're making as premiums rise.