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As birds migrate through arid West Texas, there are few bodies of water where they can take a rest. Some end up landing in oilfield waste pits or ponds.  That is apparently what happened to 17 American white pelicans that were spotted at Reeves County’s…

SHIPROCK, New Mexico—Bertha Etsitty spoke in the Navajo language about using traditional cooking methods to mix blue corn meal, water and ash from burned branches and needles of the juniper tree into mush. Blue corn is a staple in traditional Navajo food. It…

In humanity’s war against rats, other animals are often collateral.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final biological evaluation on rodenticides on Nov. 22 and found that the rat poisons are jeopardizing at least 78 endangered species…

PHILADELPHIA—As energy wonks descended on a downtown hotel for a hydrogen conference, witches were waiting for them in the parking lot. Donning a black, horned hat and green face paint, Delaware Riverkeeper Maya van Rossum and a coven of fellow protesters…

Utah officials are bucking more than a century of legal rulings, and their state’s own constitution, in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to transfer millions of acres of federal lands to state ownership. It’s either a quixotic Hail Mary or a bold move banked…

Earth has often been described by astronauts as a glistening marble floating in a black void, but the planet has lost some of its sheen in recent decades, especially with the well-documented decline of ice and snow in polar and mountain regions. New research…

Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream. Wider use of these batteries could lead to lower costs, less fire risk and less need for lithium, cobalt and nickel. On Nov. 18, CATL, the world’s largest battery…

Kathryn Gaasch has worked to assist rural communities in western North Carolina for five years with the nonprofit support group MDC. But she found herself seeking assistance after Hurricane Helene tore across southern Appalachia in late September, dumping…

A Washington city has granted part of the Snohomish River watershed legal rights that can be enforced in court.  Voters in Everett, a community of about 110,000, enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish into municipal law as part…

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas—Tony Coleman recognizes the…