In honor of Shark Awareness Day, international conservation organization WildAid and Plan B Media PCL, one of Thailand’s leading outdoor media service providers, urge the public to stop serving and consuming shark fin. The advertisements, placed on Plan B’s media platforms in prominent locations aro...
BY SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN
,Associated Press•August 8, 2019
GENEVA (AP) — Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific r...
By Bloomberg News
Southern California is known for its pristinely maintained beaches. But those perfect ribbons of sand are causing problems for the surrounding ecosystems.
Grooming and filling, primarily intended to beautify the sand for human recreation, is altering the biodiversity of beach eco...
By Somini Sengupta and Weiyi CaiAug. 6, 2019
Today, among cities with more than 3 million people, World Resources Institute researchers concluded that 33 of them, with a combined population of over 255 million, face extremely high water stress, with repercussions for public health and social unrest...
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Brady McCombs
The Associated Press
William Perry Pendley
WASHINGTON» An ardent critic of the federal government who has argued for selling off almost all public lands has been named the Trump administration’s top steward over nearly a quarter-million federally controlled ...
By Levon Sevunts |
The federal government and the Inuit announced Thursday the first step in the creation of a new marine protected area in the northernmost part of Nunavut in the High Canadian Arctic.
The proposed Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area is located off northern Ellesmer...
BY MARIANNE LAVELLE
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has sidestepped the agency's process for ensuring quality and balance in its advisory committees, and numerous appointees are serving without having undergone the required federal ethics review, the Go...
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By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
Public lands in Colorado and across the West could make climate change worse if oil and gas leases recently sold by federal land managers start producing and emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gas...
Shared from the 7/17/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Laura Reiley The Washington Post
Remember when ketchup turned upside down? Or when half gallons of milk grew plastic screw caps on their sides? We are resistant to change in food packaging, attached to our squeezy honey bear, Toblerone...
Shared from the 7/5/2019 The Denver Post eEdition To fight climate change, plant 1 trillion trees By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more. And t...
Shared from the 7/4/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Kelly GilblomBloomberg News
Oil companies are under increasing pressure to bring fuel to market faster and cheaper, leading BP to conclude that some of its resources “won’t see the light of day,” according to its head of strategy.
Some of t...
https://www.changetheclimate2020.com/
This site offers one stop shopping for you to learn about the positions and proposals of each candidate regarding climate change.
Change the Climate 2020, a project of the League of Conservation Voters, is elevating climate action in the 2020 presidentia...
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ENVIRONMENT By Ellen Knickmeyer and Kevin Freking The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues...
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By Christopher Martin Bloomberg News
For the clearest sign yet that renewable energy has gone mainstream, consider this: Clean energy resources supplied more of America’s electricity than coal for the first time ever in April.
Hydropower dam...
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GREENPEACE WARNS ABOUT ATLANTIC SHARK FISHING
LISBON, PORTUGAL » Greenpeace is warning about overfishing of endangered sharks in the North Atlantic, often by Spanish and Portuguese boats.
The group published a report Thursday arguing that tens of...
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES » U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy.
Guterres is calling on governments to ...
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European airports plan for net zero carbon emissions
By The Associated Press
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS» An organization representing airports in 45 European countries said Wednesday that it plans to get airports to achieve net zero carbon emission...
Shared from the 6/27/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Christopher Martin
Bloomberg News
For the clearest sign yet that renewable energy has gone mainstream, consider this: Clean energy resources supplied more of America’s electricity than coal for the first time ever in April.
Hydropower da...
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By Matthew Brown The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT.» Climate change in the western United States means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect ten...
By Kirsten Grieshaber
The Associated Press
Franziska Lienert, a spokeswoman for the company that runs the “To Good To Go” app, uses a tablet to find a restaurant participating with the food-sharing community.
ABERLIN» fter a long day at work, Annekathrin Fiesinger is too tired to consider making ...
