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Shaping a Sustainable Future
In a landmark year for global energy, over 30% of the world’s electricity now comes from renewable sources, marking a pivotal shift away from fossil fuels. According to a report by energy thinktank...
Industry News Roundup: May Week III
In the remote village of Newhalem, near North Cascades National Park, a heated debate is unfolding over the proposed reintroduction of grizzly bears. Federal agencies have presented three plans,...
Industry News Roundup: May Week II
In the aftermath of the devastating August 2023 wildfire, the Lahaina community in Maui is rallying to safeguard water quality. The blaze, which obliterated over 2,000 buildings and tragically...
Industry News Roundup: May Week I
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) anticipates that the 2024 hurricane season will be the most intense on record. Forecasts indicate 17 to 25 named storms, with eight to 13...
International Efforts to Beat the Heat
As the world grapples with extreme heat due to climate change, nations like Sierra Leone and Mexico are adopting low-cost, eco-friendly solutions such as tree planting and cooling stations....
Watershed Moment in Water Management
When it rains, it pours, but in Los Angeles, this old adage has taken a futuristic twist. The City of Angels faced down a recent tempest and emerged triumphant, collecting an astonishing 8.6 billion...
Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision Early Analysis of the Effects on Wetland Jurisdiction
On May 25, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in the Sackett v. EPA case, a 14-year-long lawsuit over property rights and the legality of building on federally protected wetlands. All nine...
American Wetlands Month: When Isles Vanish
Atlas volunteers from our Duluth, Ga., office pose next to a pile of refuse they collected at the ninth Great Gwinnett Wetlands Cleanup of Bethesda Park in Lawrenceville, an annual event hosted by...
EPA Proposes New National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Here’s What to Expect
The proposal would establish maximum contaminant levels for PFOA and PFOS, and a hazard index approach for four other PFAS compounds. On March 14, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...