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A bald eagle sits in a tree in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska October 8, 2014. The Endangered Species Act is credited with helping save the bald eagle and other species. Photo by Bob Strong/Reuters

After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be at risk

This former steel mill used to employ thousands—how the site is adapting and creating jobs now

The Bethlehem steel mill in Maryland was once the largest working mill in the world, employing 30,000 people at its peak in the 1950's. The collapse of the American steel industry forced the mill into bankruptcy, closing for good in…

By Karla Murthy, Sam Weber

How the pandemic is reshaping American manufacturing

Long before the coronavirus pandemic, manufacturing in the U.S. was transformed -- and with it, daily life. Now COVID-19 is delivering a new blow to the industry. But some companies are pivoting to create the personal protective equipment that the…

By Paul Solman

Here’s who pays the price for brewing U.S.-China trade war

As a trade showdown between the U.S. and China escalates, there's fears of how a trade war could hurt both countries. Special correspondent Katrina Yu reports from Beijing on how recently announced tariffs will affect farmers, importers, retailers and consumers…

By Katrina Yu

Plastic picked from the landfill for recycling. Photo by Jenna Jambeck/University of Georgia

Humans have made 8.3 billion tons of plastic. Where does it all go?

The plastic debris housed in landfills and natural environments — currently 4.9 billion metric tons — will more than double by 2050, scientists reported Wednesday in Science Advances.

By Roni Dengler

In ‘Scranton Lace,’ nostalgia for a time and place that no longer exist

By Elizabeth Flock

While Margot Douaihy's new book is a love letter to Scranton, she said it also acknowledges the Rust Belt's limits.

Trump’s proposed budget would gut Great Lakes cleanup, a ‘game-changer’ for the region

By Michael D. Regan

Municipalities in the Great Lakes region could lose $300 million in annual federal funding under the budget proposal the White House released on Thursday.