Ten Ways 2018 Brought Us Close...

Dec 27, 2018 by

The 20 warmest years ever recorded have been within the last 22 years, and the four warmest of those have been 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, according to the World Meteorological Organization

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Looking Back on Ryan Zinke’s R...

Dec 26, 2018 by

For 2 long years at Interior, he either ignored or attacked science.

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As anti-plastic movements swee...

Dec 26, 2018 by

Environmentalists hailed the move, which according to new figures released this month, may have saved more than 1.5 billion bags from going into overstuffed kitchen drawers or landfills in less than six months.

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As hunting declines, efforts g...

Dec 24, 2018 by

As fewer Americans take up hunting, wildlife managers need other funding sources.

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We Need To Talk About Palm Oil

Dec 24, 2018 by

We eat it, clean our homes and bodies with it and even fuel our cars with it. But our insatiable demand for palm oil is wreaking havoc on the planet — and our climate.

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EU to ban common single-use pl...

Dec 20, 2018 by

“Europe now has a legislative model to defend and promote at international level, given the global nature of the issue of marine pollution involving plastics.”

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Court cites Dr Seuss’s T...

Dec 20, 2018 by

Federal court in Virginia says officials were trusted to ‘speak for the trees’ as it tosses out pipeline permit

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Trump’s White House Will Have ...

Dec 18, 2018 by

The bill is now on the mayor’s desk.

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Retailers Have Vowed to Stop S...

Dec 14, 2018 by

Methylene chloride fumes can lead to asphyxiation or trigger heart attacks.

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An Upheaval at the Ends of the...

Dec 12, 2018 by

Two new reports find that the North and South Poles face an “unprecedented” climate future.

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Scientists identify vast under...

Dec 12, 2018 by

Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world’s oceans

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Leaked Memo: Government Scient...

Dec 11, 2018 by

Despite legal concerns, the administration is pushing ahead.

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This Cross-Border Town Has Fac...

Dec 10, 2018 by

“Don’t you know you’re surfing the most polluted beach in America?”

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Everything you’ve been t...

Dec 2, 2018 by

Recycling is an easy cop-out for governments and large corporations, but the truth is that we have to take very different action if we want to stop irreversibly poisoning the planet

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A Conspiracy No More: US Gover...

Dec 1, 2018 by

Wednesday marked the first time that the U.S. government openly acknowledged and discussed the reality of chemtrails — or as they and their ilk call it, “geoengineering.”

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How to provide a backyard habi...

Nov 27, 2018 by

We live in an ecosystem where plants and animals depend upon one another for survival.

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Thoreau on Nature as Prayer

Nov 25, 2018 by

Walt Whitman saw trees — “so innocent and harmless, yet so savage” — as a wellspring of wisdom on being rather than seeming.

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Tribes risk exploitation when ...

Nov 23, 2018 by

The trash and toxic runoff are bad enough. They are killing off the tribe’s local fish population and medicinal plants.

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Killing Plants Is the Fastest ...

Nov 21, 2018 by

A recently published study has found that “[c]limate change and human activity are dooming species at an unprecedented rate.”

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Spain Is Switching to 100 Perc...

Nov 16, 2018 by

“A wake-up call to the rest of the world.”

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Your Children’s Yellowstone Wi...

Nov 16, 2018 by

In Yellowstone National Park, warming has brought rapid changes.
Winters are shorter. Less snow is falling.
Summers are hotter and drier.
In a few decades, this iconic American landscape will not be the same

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The Interior Department Is Sid...

Nov 14, 2018 by

In early September, the DOI quietly rescinded two memos that provided guidance on protecting vulnerable communities and Native American sacred sites.

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Keystone XL pipeline: judge ru...

Nov 9, 2018 by

District court judge Brian Morris rules Trump administration did not consider environmental consequences before pushing ahead

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Big Oil and Gas Are Spending T...

Nov 6, 2018 by

The campaigns against ballot measures in three states have amassed $81 million.

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NASA Finds Amazon Drought Leav...

Nov 1, 2018 by

A single season of drought in the Amazon rainforest can reduce the forest’s carbon dioxide absorption for years after the rains return, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

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The Fight for Corals Loses Its...

Oct 29, 2018 by

Ruth Gates dedicated her life to saving the world’s reefs, and training the next generation of reef scientists.

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Big Oil is using brute financi...

Oct 26, 2018 by

There is seemingly no limit to the fossil fuel money that will fight decarbonization.

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Trump wades into California...

Oct 26, 2018 by

President will sign memo directing agencies to review standards that conservatives argue are keeping water from farmers

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HALF-LIFE

Oct 26, 2018 by

Chad Walde believed in his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then he got a rare brain cancer linked to radiation, and the government denied it had any responsibility.

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Trump’s air pollution adviser:...

Oct 25, 2018 by

Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to deadly health problems.

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