The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it. Lauren Sommer
Too much cyanide in Puget Sound? EPA to review state regulations Federal officials have agreed to take another look at how Washington state regulates a deadly poison — cyanide. John Ryan
Native communities in Louisiana working to restore river cane In Louisiana, river cane has been essential to the environment and the culture of Native tribes. But this type of bamboo is vanishing there.
SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing Texas With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse. Geoff Brumfiel
Colorado ski town celebrates after local mountain is forever protected from mining Crested Butte, Colo., has lived with the threat of a huge open pit mine for 50 years. It's now officially rejected, and a street dance and community hike close the door on long held anxiety. Nathaniel Minor
Residents of Cancer Alley have fewer protections against environmental discrimination People who live in one of the nation's most toxic areas for air pollution -- known as Cancer Alley -- have lost the ability to sue for protection from environmental racism. Halle Parker
EPA rules that all lead pipes must be replaced in a decade Federal officials say the removal of lead pipes will improve public health, especially among children.
Maine's lakes are warming and incubating more invasive plants Weeding out invasive plants from Maine's lakes is becoming harder and harder each year.
UW biochemist wins Nobel Prize for using computers to design proteins A biochemist at the University of Washington School of Medicine has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work in computational protein design. Ann Dornfeld