Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, President Biden’s nominee for secretary of the interior, is the first Native American to lead the department. She plans to bring a strong conservation, climate action and tribal rights record to the agenda.
A remote campground in southwest New Mexico has recently become the world’s second dark sky sanctuary for star gazers. The rapid spread of light pollution prevents more than half of the world’s population from seeing the Milky Way.
America’s nuclear heritage has few sites open to the public. But since the Cold War ended, several sites have fallen out of active use. After narrowly avoiding being torns down, there’s a movement to open them to the public as National Parks.