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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Sustainability author, L. Hunter Lovins, newest publication debuted October 9th, 2018. This book presents a blueprint for how you can help create a regenerative economy, one that delivers shared prosperity on a healthy planet. Hunter is an Advisor to http://www.earthprotect.tv and her nonprofit...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Published on Oct 9, 2018 SUBSCRIBE 421K https://democracynow.org - A new report from the United Nations’ climate panel warns humanity has only a dozen years to mitigate global warming and limit the scope of global catastrophe. Otherwise, millions will be imperiled by increasing droughts, floo...
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Shared from the 10/13/2018 The Denver Post eEdition Editorial If steps aren’t taken soon to combat climate change, there may be no tomorrow This editorial was written by The Washington Post. If anything, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has a habit of understateme...
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ENVIRONMENT Climate Report Warns Of Extreme Weather, Displacement Of Millions Without Action   October 8, 20185:40 AM ET  CHRISTOPHER JOYCE Some of the world's top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new technologies are devel...
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Posted by on in Mining
Grand Canyon uranium mining ban upheld as supreme court declines to hear challenge Court says extraction ban is among cases it refuses to review, in victory for environmental groups and Native American communities Joanna Walters in New York  @Joannawalters13 Three generations of Havasupai m...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
I am in an airport on my way home from the San Juan Islands, Washington. I was there to attend a public meeting convened by the federal agency NOAA about the recent death of Scarlet, the four-year-old orca whom we watched waste away until she wasn’t there anymore. She had died. All I can feel is the...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
This summer, unprecedented wildfires roared through towns across California and Greece, and heat waves blazed around the world. And now families across the southeast coast of the U.S., the Philippines, and parts of China are preparing to rebuild their lives from the devastation of Hurricane Florence...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
Greenpeace links forest destruction for palm oil to brands, among those failing to clean up their supply chains are:  Nestle, Pepsico, Unilever and Colgate Palmolive. 150,000 acres of Indonesian Rain Forest destroyed for supplying palm oil to  these and other major companies despite thei...
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Posted by on in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization that made waves in 2015 with its grand plans and new approach to ridding the oceans of plastic, last weekend launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system from the San Francisco Bay. “System 001”headed to a location 240 nautical miles offshore f...
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  Shared from the 2018-09-12 The Denver Post eEdition OIL AND GAS LEAKS EPA may ease methane rules Proposal “may also degrade air quality,” affect public health By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Brown The Associated Press WASHINGTON» The Trump administration moved closer Tuesday to rolling...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
On September 8, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide displayed the growing strength and diversity of the climate movement.   Together they showed the world what real climate leadership looks like. People everywhere are turning away from the age of fossil fuels and it’s time for politicia...
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The Denver Post  NATION CALIFORNIA SEEKS 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2045 Lawmakers OK a measure mandating all electricity come from wind, solar and other clean sources by 2045, marking the state’s biggest step in the fight against global warming.
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
  Shared from the 2018-09-05 The Denver Post eEdition Watchdog faults EPA’s security costs By Ellen Knickmeyer   The Associated Press   WASHINGTON» The Environmental Protection Agency failed to properly justify spending more than $3.5 million on round-the-clock security for for...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
By Antonio Diaz and Bill McKibben on August 26, 2018 1:00 am, Op Ed Examiner  When the world streams into California for Jerry Brown’s climate summit in September, they’ll focus on the things that the state considers it has done right: the electric cars, the massive solar installations in the ...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
  Shared from the 2018-08-28 The Denver Post eEdition Regulators in Colorado green-light Xcel’s plan Company says proposal includes boosting renewables, cutting coal By Judith Kohler The Denver Post A plan by Xcel Energy Colorado to boost the share of power it gets from wind and s...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
Shared from the 2018-08-22 The Denver Post eEdition COLORADO Coal’s status as dominant source of power fading By Aldo Svaldi
The Denver Post  The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, saying Monday it wants to give states more of a say on their coal power plants. But the Clean...
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  Shared from the 2018-08-22 The Denver Post eEdition MORE MANATEES HAVE DIED IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR THAN ALL OF 2017 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. » The number of manatee deaths in Florida this year has already exceeded the total for all of 2017. Blame Red Tide, which is suspected of killing more tha...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
Trump changes in rules re air pollution analysis trades some Consumer prices would drop but preventable deaths would rise The rule isn't billed as a trade-off but among its quantifiable effects would be an increase in preventable deaths and a small drop in electricity costs. The proposal estimates...
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  Shared from the 2018-08-21 The Denver Post eEdition POLLUTION RULES Trump ready to ease rules on power plants By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON» The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warm...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
The Associated Press WASHINGTON» Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs. The position was out...
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