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Hear It Again: The fraught political battle over national monuments

With the news of new national monuments in Nevada and Texas, and a renewed push for a national monument around Grand Canyon National Park, we revisit our conversation with McKenzie Long about her book: "This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments."
- Mike Davis
Seattle to get garbage hauler to take down misleading green ads

After complaints from climate activists, Seattle officials say they will get Waste Management to take down the misleading ads.
- John Ryan
Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says

Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.
- Emily Olson
Tacoma ship fire worse for climate than burning a million gallons of gasoline

A major fire at the Port of Tacoma has had global as well as local consequences.
- John Ryan
The EPA says Americans could save $1 trillion on gas under its auto emissions plan

The EPA says Americans could save up to $1.1 trillion in gas if the country adopts its proposal to impose the most stringent auto emission regulations ever.
- Camila Domonoske
A look at the new plan for managing the drought stricken Colorado River

The Biden administration announced an emergency plan to save lakes Mead and Powell from drying. It gives Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland authority to cut water use of the Colorado River.
- Michael Elizabeth Sakas
WA Legislature passes bill aimed at reducing single-use plastics

Those travel-size bottles of shampoos, lotions or toiletries wrapped in plastic now offered in hotels will be a thing of the past.
- Ruby de Luna
PHOTOS: See the wildflower 'superbloom' happening across California

Thanks to a very wet year, the Golden State is experiencing a rare "superbloom" that's blanketing the ground with a variety of richly colored plants.
- Joe Hernandez
The worst wedding gift in history: an Irish tale of predator helps prey

Over 100 years ago, a wedding guest gave a dozen gray squirrels to a lucky Irish couple. What ensued? An ecological catastrophe ... and then a pleasant surprise.
- Lucy Soucek
Part of a law to have federal buildings stop using natural gas was never implemented

A 2007 law requires new and remodeled federal buildings to stop using fossil fuels by 2030. But implementation stalled. The Department of Energy finally appears ready to put regulations in place.
- Jeff Brady

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