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Nick Bryner is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Follow on Twitter: @bryner_nick

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On President Trump’s national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court

Dear bqrq, MIT estimated that 52,000 people in the United States die each year due to air pollution from electricity…

On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty

Richard, Thanks for this post -- it's interesting to see the connection in the NPS system between preservation of natural…

On The (Relatively) Unknown Treasures of the National Park Service

Thanks, Scott. I think the push to make international climate assistance "additional" is extremely important, but it seems (unfortunately) pretty…

On What Threatens Biodiversity?

Karen, Thanks. I came across that article while writing this post, and it is a disturbing and sad story. Violence…

On Rio’s Dirty Water

Gregg -- Yes, that's my reaction too, although we do the same thing in the U.S. in some places. The…

On Rio’s Dirty Water

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