environmentalism

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

The Reagan administration's sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists. Watt even managed to offend Beach Boys fans.

The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

A report by a British watchdog group says the past decade has been alarmingly deadly for environmentalists around the world.

Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday.

The climate bill the president signed recently has several items for disadvantaged communities. But within the climate justice movement, some say the fundamental problems will remain.

Democrats in Congress look ready to pass legislation with significant climate change elements that would push the country closer to President Biden's ambitious goals.

For decades, the lemon-lime drink has come in green bottles — but clear plastic is more easily recycled, the company says. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.

America's oldest trees store vast amounts of carbon. Counting them is the first step to preserving them, says the Biden administration.

From documentaries to artistic projects, NPR has collected some of our favorite ways to celebrate the Earth and think about what we can do to protect its flora and fauna.