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A full moon is seen above Mount Baldy in the Big Belt Mountains near Townsend, Montana, April 2019. Nearby land was recently protected by a federal judge ruling; however, the Big Belt Mountains are still at risk. (John Lambing/Alamy)

Judge cancels hundreds of oil and gas leases in Montana

Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups won big recently after a federal judge halted a giant oil and gas industry giveaway on the state’s public lands. The government’s lease sale would have opened up 145,000 acres for drilling, paving the way for a destructive fracking boom.

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A testing site staff member adjusts her personal protective equipment at a mobile COVID-19 testing station in Compton, California, on April 28, 2020. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Justice in the time of two crises

The Trump administration has flinched in the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, exposing longstanding, systemic injustices in America. It’s time to prioritize protecting the planet and its people over preserving the profits of a few.

Martha Itta takes calls in her office in Nuiqsut on May 30, 2019. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

‘Virtual’ hearings silence indigenous voices in Alaska

Residents of Nuiqsut, a small Alaska Native village, say that Bureau of Land Management officials did not take their input seriously during a virtual public hearing about a proposed oil-and-gas drilling plan. The government’s plan will transform a vast expanse of Arctic tundra into a sacrifice zone for the industry.

A court recently rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back nutritional standards for school lunches, like this one served at a high school in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A victory for healthy school meals and healthy children

More than 30 million children rely on school-provided lunches, and 14 million children eat school breakfasts, making school food programs one of our nation’s biggest public health initiatives. Yet the Trump administration tried to roll back critical nutrition standards for school meals. We just stopped them.

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Trump’s EPA is trying to ignore science to enrich polluters, putting our public health at risk.

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