Your favorite fishing stream may be at high risk from climate change – here’s how to tell
Groundwater was once thought to buffer streams from warming, but an inexpensive new technique shows streams fed by shallow groundwater may be just as susceptible as those without.
March 4, 2021 • ~6 min
Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss
Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they're building, racking up safety and environmental violations. Many residents feel trapped, with no control over their property.
Feb. 3, 2021 • ~10 min
Badger cull: New licences 'to be banned after 2022'
The drive to eradicate bovine TB will focus on vaccinating cattle and badgers.
Jan. 28, 2021 • ~2 min
Rural health care is in crisis – here are 5 innovative ways Biden can help it transform
Changing how rural hospitals are paid is one way to shake up the system.
Jan. 25, 2021 • ~11 min
UK allows emergency use of bee-harming pesticide
In 2018, the EU and UK imposed an almost-total ban because of the serious damage it could cause.
Jan. 11, 2021 • ~3 min
Getting COVID-19 vaccines to rural Americans is harder than it looks – but there are ways to lift the barriers
The vaccines' cold storage requirements and shipment rules put small, rural communities at a disadvantage, but that's only part of a long-running challenge.
Dec. 28, 2020 • ~8 min
Why getting COVID-19 vaccines to rural Americans is harder than it looks, and how to lift the barriers
The vaccines' cold storage requirements and shipment rules put small, rural communities at a disadvantage, but that's only part of a long-running challenge.
Dec. 28, 2020 • ~8 min
Why 2020 has been good for England's beavers
Homes for these "ultimate environmental engineers" have been set up in enclosures across England.
Nov. 30, 2020 • ~8 min
Brexit: Ministers unveil next steps in England's farming policy
The government says the post-Brexit plans for farm payments are the most significant for 50 years.
Nov. 30, 2020 • ~7 min
Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 – here's what doctors are facing, in their own words
Hospitals are losing staff to quarantines as rural case numbers rise, and administrators fear flu season will make make it worse. And then there's the politics.
Nov. 20, 2020 • ~9 min
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