Despite an Oregon court ruling in January invalidating a rule that enabled clear cutting, it’s far from the last salvo in the battle for how to fight fires or manage forests—and who can profit from it.

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology.

The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet

The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required.

By Kiley Bense

A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, motivated by fears that increasing volumes of toxic fracking waste could pose risks to the environment and public health. That study concluded, in part, that more research was needed—especially regarding the impacts on landfills where this waste is disposed.

Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff

The heat wave could further lower water availability in the region, which has seen staggeringly low levels of snowpack this year.

By Kiley Price

An early-season heat wave is descending across the Western United States, likely to bring record-shattering temperatures to much of the region.

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.