Natural Resources

"USDA research points to viruses spread by pesticide-resistant mites, indicating a worrying trend"

"Federal agencies including the Energy, Interior and Agriculture departments are starting to issue new permitting rules that trim back or eliminate procedures that have been in place for decades."

"Most comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many mosquitos and “not enough moose.”"

"Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering rare earths in the process."

"Florida officials have said the facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, will open early next week and hold up to 3,000 detainees." 

"Protesters lived in a tree for 40 days on the Olympic Peninsula to protest logging of older forests." "On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir."

"Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said late Saturday that he had dropped his contentious plan to sell millions of acres of public lands from the sweeping domestic policy package that the Senate will soon begin debating."

"Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday."

"Honey bees, a critical component of California’s agriculture, face several challenges to survival. Will the Legislature spend more money in a deficit year to try and address the problems facing the bees?"

"On the day the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the national forest roadless rule, the Senate parliamentarian said a proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands cannot go through without 60 votes in the chamber."