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Strategies for Building Healthy Relationships with Our Planet
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Hot temperatures linked to climate change, especially extremes like heat waves, are contributing to the decline of these fuzzy and portly creatures, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
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As Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) tries to settle U.S. lawsuits claiming that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the company is considering a proposal that would bar plaintiffs’ lawyers involved in the litigation from advertising for new clients, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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The Trump administration on Thursday moved to drop the threat of punishment to oil and gas companies, construction crews and other organizations that kill birds “incidentally,” arguing that businesses that accidentally kill birds ought to be able to operate without fear of prosecution.
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Roughly 20% of annual emissions could be captured by agricultural lands, according to one expert.
read moreAustralia’s Iconic Platy...
A new study raises concerns about the decline of platypus populations. UNSW Science
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From Antarctica to agricultural fields, plastic waste is everywhere across the globe. We should be very concerned as this is yet another threat to our ability to feed ourselves.
read moreFertilizer’s Other Dirty Secre...
A common fertilizer can cause explosions. The EPA doesn’t classify it as ‘hazardous.’
read moreThe Danger Downstream
Farm pollutants from multiple states feed a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Shrimpers pay the cost.
read moreClimate crisis fueled locust s...
A massive invasion of desert locusts—partly fueled by the climate crisis—seriously threatens food security in already-vulnerable communities across East Africa and has increasingly alarmed United Nations experts in recent weeks.
read moreMeet the Millennial Farmers We...
On Bite podcast’s 100th episode, we celebrate the next generation of American growers.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists.
read moreTrump’s USDA Chief Thinks Farm...
Yet again, Sonny Perdue wants to gut a program that benefits poor people.
read more1982 American Petroleum Instit...
Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells.
read moreBig Oil wants to dump more was...
For more than six months, twin brothers Ronald and Donald Schweitzer have watched large amounts of salty wastewater bubble up from the ground in their wheat field. The “saltwater purge” has killed three trees and several acres of crops on their northwest Oklahoma farm.
read moreThe Freshwater Giants Are Dyin...
Overharvesting and habitat loss endanger most of the world’s freshwater “megafauna.” But many species may yet be saved.
read moreFrance begins radical plan to ...
The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.
read moreSecretary Perdue and the Trump...
In the latest assault on science and the nation’s health and safety, the Trump administration recently proposed a rule that would upend the way federal agencies work to assess and minimize the harm their actions can do to the environment we all depend upon.
read moreThe plan to protect the Chesap...
In early January, members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission sat in a gray conference room in Annapolis, Maryland, for a routine meeting.
read moreChina bans single-use plastics
Over the next five years, it plans to eliminate shopping bags, straws, takeout food containers, and more.
read moreWhat we could do with a $5 car...
Like it or not, the world will be flying more in the decades ahead—and flights are for many in the developed world the largest part of an individual’s (and often a business’s) carbon footprint.
read moreLead poisoning hits low-income...
Children from low-income families may be more susceptible to toxic environmental hazards such as lead exposure
read moreWhy do we still have paper rec...
Each year, the US uses over 3 million trees and 9 billion gallons of water to make toxin-tainted paper receipts.
read moreTHE WAR ON THE WAR ON CANCER
Trump’s Gutting of Toxics Regulations Will Mean Higher Profits for Polluters and Higher Cancer Rates for the American People
read moreAshes to Ashes
A Georgia town welcomed America’s largest coal plant. Now, residents worry it’s contaminating their water.
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