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First LookHas killing 70,000 birds failed to make NYC flights any safer?More than 70,000 birds have been killed in an effort to open NYC flight paths since U.S. Airways flight flew into a flock of geese and made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009.
- Los Angeles preps for less reliance on water imports
In this edition: More people leave lawns behind as California seeks to make water conservation a way of life; the Trump Cabinet nominee who sees climate change as a threat; farewell to the 747.
Development has affected 7 percent of virgin forests since 2000: StudyA new study shows that the world has lost 7 percent of its intact forests in the past 16 years, with implications for biodiversity, climate change, and human life.
New Energy Dept. guidelines: Changing culture or political ploy?Scientists can now speak freely to the media and publish in scientific journals. The guidelines may set the course for the upcoming confirmation hearing for Energy Secretary – and the department's next four years.
Bring back the grizzlies? Feds draft plan to restore Washington's bear populationFederal officials looking to restore the Grizzly population in and around North Cascades National Park drafted four options to transplant the bears from other regions. They've successfully bolstered bear populations elsewhere in the past, but this time there's opposition.
Energy secretary seeks to lock in free speech for DOE scientistsThe new policy, which Ernest Moniz says was in the works before Donald Trump won the presidency, says scientists 'are free and encouraged to share their scientific findings and views.'
First LookLast United 747 flights: A sign of aviation progress?The US-based airline announced its accelerated plan to phase out the once iconic jumbo jet.
His zeal isn't clear, but Tillerson calls climate change a 'threat'Unlike some other Trump Cabinet picks, Rex Tillerson acknowledges climate change. His confirmation hearing to become secretary of State leaves doubts about how much climate action he supports.
First LookBumblebees put on endangered US species list. How to help.The rusty-patched bumblebee, an important pollinator, has been placed on the endangered species list in a last-ditch effort to protect its failing population.
Can a joint US-Russian research team protect Alaska's polar bears?A 2000 treaty committed the two nations to study and conserve their polar bears. Even as political tensions rise, climate change and other pressures make their work more necessary than ever.
Thirty years later, Blackfoot tribes see environmental win on sacred groundsU.S. officials on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the final two oil and gas leases in a wilderness area bordering Glacier National Park that's sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of Montana and Canada.
Short-term greenhouse gases, long-term impact: What does that mean for Earth's oceans?A new study finds that greenhouse gases such as methane that break down quickly in the atmosphere may have a greater effect on warming oceans than was previously thought.
First LookStorm topples California drive-thru tree. Can we save the remaining sequoias?The giant sequoia that fell Sunday bore the scars of 19th century tourism. But it endured thanks to hard work by conservationists. Now, climate change and land policy changes pose new threats for giant trees.
First Look2016 was second-warmest year on record for continental United StatesWhile 2012's heat record still stands, the breadth of near-record heat across the continental United States is unprecedented.
- Drought in Africa, and the innovative response
In this edition: How drought-resistant farming methods have the potential to improve women's lives in Lesotho; lead testing on the rise in schools; digging into data on climate-change 'hiatus.'
How polar bears could survive climate change: US plan takes a hard lookThe US Fish and Wildlife service has a plan to save the polar bears as their hunting grounds on Arctic ice rapidly shrink, but will it be enough?
California gets rains, but drought still means fewer lawns in futureGreen grass is slowly losing ground as the archetypal landscape of Southern California. The populous region, adapting to a changing climate, will rely less on melting snowpack from afar.
First LookThe shutdown of New York's Indian Point is far from the end of nuclear powerThe agreement between the state and the plant owner comes as New York will invest billions in the upgrade of nuclear power plants upstate.
First LookCan environmental police keep Beijing's smog in check?Beijing announced several new measures aimed at curbing the country's smog problem on Saturday, including a new environmental police force, shutting down the city's only coal-fired power plant, and supplying cleaner gas and diesel to fuel stations.
First LookSeaWorld San Diego puts an end to its most popular orca showThe aquatic entertainment park's long-running orca show will be performed for the last time on Sunday.
