Donald Trump entered his presidency intent on reversing as many of his predecessor’s policies as possible and replace them with “America first” edicts. So he started signing executive orders dismantling environmental protections. One of his directives, the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) that drastically reduced federal protections for streams, marshes, and wetlands across America, was […]
Climate change was first predicted by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1986. However, it became a national issue until June of 1988. Even though the situation has been widely discussed since then, very little has been done to fix things. As a result, the Earth has grown hotter over the last century, with the hottest […]
![Climate Crisis and Dry Brush Fuels Oregon’s Bootleg Fire [Video]](https://i1.wp.com/guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Climate-Crisis-and-Dry-Brush-Fuels-Oregon-Bootleg-Fire-Now-Over-340K-Acres-Video.jpg?fit=701%2C463&ssl=1 "Bootleg Fire")
Extreme heat and dry brush fuel 83 wildfires ravaging 13 states across the nation — predominately in the western region. Fire season came earlier than predicted in Oregon, where the Bootleg Fire in the Fremont-Winema National Forest has burned 394,407 acres, according to The Statesmen Journal on July 21, 2021. The perimeter of the Bootleg […]
