Energy and Environment: Biden administration proposes sweeping protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Yet another major heat wave is set to roast the western U.S. and Canada by the weekend; New York lawmaker rolls out Green New Deal for public schools; Maine becomes first state to shift costs of recycling from taxpayers to companies; St. Croix refinery files for bankruptcy amid mounting complaints from residents; White House appoints new director to steer key climate change report; Climate change has gotten deadly. It will get worse.; Bootleg Fire rages in Oregon, burning 50 structures and threatening California's power supply; Biden administration overturns Trump policy allowing the use of radioactive materials in roads; A cool idea for low-income urban areas hard hit by warming climate: More trees ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) Biden administration proposes sweeping protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack moves to reverse one of Donald Trump's biggest public land decisions. By Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   Yet another major heat wave is set to roast the western U.S. and Canada by the weekend The heat wave is forecast to bring triple-digit temperatures to at least 16 million people, challenging and breaking records into Canada. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   New York lawmaker rolls out Green New Deal for public schools Rep. Jamaal Bowman wants climate upgrades for the nation's schools included in any Democratic spending package. By Jacqueline Alemany ●  Read more »   Maine becomes first state to shift costs of recycling from taxpayers to companies The program will charge large packaging producers for collecting and recycling cardboard boxes, plastic containers and other packaging. By Frances Stead Sellers ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   St. Croix refinery files for bankruptcy amid mounting complaints from residents Limetree Bay Refining owes millions of dollars to creditors, while facing multiple class-action lawsuits. By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   White House appoints new director to steer key climate change report Allison Crimmins, who worked at the EPA for the past decade, will lead the next National Climate Assessment. By Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   Climate change has gotten deadly. It will get worse. Researchers say they are 'virtually certain' that warming from human greenhouse gas emissions played a pivotal role in recent fatalities. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Bootleg Fire rages in Oregon, burning 50 structures and threatening California's power supply More than 1,000 firefighters were battling the fire, which has burned more than 153,500 acres. By Paulina Firozi, Reis Thebault and Bryan Pietsch ●  Read more »   Biden administration overturns Trump policy allowing the use of radioactive materials in roads President Biden is unwinding Donald Trump's environmental legacy, while forging his own. The Washington Post is chronicling every step. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   A cool idea for low-income urban areas hard hit by warming climate: More trees Leaders call for increased tree canopy in underserved communities, which are disproportionately impacted by heat. By Alex Brown ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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