Locals will help steward two iconic locations on Oregon s coast. The Cape Foulweather Complex and Cape Lookout Marine Conservation areas were approved for designation in April by the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission. The Audubon Society of Lincoln City plans to recruit local residents for stewardship in 2025. .
By Jessica Kutz for The 19th.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Sage Lenier attended her first environmental class as a high schooler in Corona, California in 2015. It was an AP course that addressed some of the urgent problems facing the natural world, issues like biodiversity loss, climate change and the ravages of industrial scale farming. One lecture stood out to her in particular: The teacher told the class about the crisis of topsoil loss, or the layer of dirt where most plants — including the crops we eat — grow and flourish. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the world is expecting to lose 90 percent of its topsoil by 2050 if countries don’t take action. .
An Indiana-based environmental group is amplifying the voices of high school students who write about the environment and climate change. Earth Charter Indiana launched its Youth Environmental Press Team as an online publishing platform to share environmental stories from high school newspapers. Jim Poyser, director of advancement and the Youth Environmental Press Team for the group Earth Charter Indiana, said kids experience a lot of eco-anxiety and the program provides several avenues to be involved and act. .
Environmentalists and citizens in New Mexico believe the state agency charged with overseeing oil and gas activity is not doing enough to enforce rules meant to crack down on polluters. At a meeting last week, they challenged the Oil Conservation Division, pointing to a 16% increase in spills of drilling-related wastewater in 2022. Sofia Jenkins-Nieto, spokesperson for Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, said it is not what was expected after stronger regulations were adopted in 2021. .
Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico's border with the United States.