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Jonathan Jarvis, former director of the National Park Service, offered his thoughts on the current state of the National Park Service and provided a path forward. He was joined in…

Oren Cass presented findings from his recent study “Overheated: How Flawed Analyses Overestimate the Costs of Climate Change.” He served as a domestic policy adviser to Mitt Romney’s 2012…

Forest Service Interim Chief Vicki Christiansen and Interior Department Wildland Fire Director Jeff Rupert testified testified at a hearing on the federal government’s wildfire management plan and the…

Duke University professor Laura Edwards taught a class on public lands and the law in the early American Republic. She looked at competing visions for westward expansion among the Founders,…

Following opening remarks, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke at the 2018 Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. He talked about some of the changes taking place at his agency. After his…

CQ Roll Call transportation reporter Jacob Fischler discussed the details of the water infrastructure projects bill that was being debated on the House floor.

The World Resources Institute held a discussion on climate change policy with experts including Todd Stern, former U.S. special envoy for climate change under President Obama. Other…

Emily Atkin talked about efforts to make vulnerable communities more resilient to hurricanes following the 2017 season that included Hurricanes Harvey in Texas, Irma in Florida, and Maria…

FEMA Administrator Brock Long testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on how his agency is preparing for future disasters. He also reflected on some of the lessons learned…

In 1984, the original Adopt-a-Highway program was started in Tyler, Texas, to keep highways free from litter. James “Bobby” Evans, Adopt-a-Highway’s creator, talked about how the program originated and his…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt testified at a Senate hearing on his agency’s budget request for fiscal year 2019. While most Republican members of the panel…

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Among the issues discussed were his proposal to…

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of rural America. Secretary Perdue discussed U.S.-China trade relations, rural broadband…

Charles Mandeville talked about the impact of the ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano and the government’s role in studying volcanoes.

Eliza Larson spoke by phone about the situation and ongoing threats in Hawaii after a volcanic eruption.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the status of Puerto Rico’s electric grid, which was damaged when Hurricane Maria struck the island in September 2017.…

The House considered a bill advancing efforts to create a national nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) announced on the chamber floor that he would block the House bill to make Yucca Mountain the official storage site of nuclear waste in the U.S. The House approved…

State environmental regulators testified at a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing on the relationship between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and their states…

Colorado College Professor Amy Kohout taught a class on nuclear weapons testing in the continental U.S. in the 1950s and '60s and how it impacted the environment. She described scientific…