Tag: Biodiversity
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Harvard Researchers Connect Climate Change to Higher Skin Cancer Rates
HARVARDSCIENCE — One million skin cancer cases in U.S. annually is rising with increased UV radiation due to climate change …
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Waterkeeper Magazine: Climate Wars—Stories from the Frontlines
WATERKKEEPER ALLIANCE — “Last year was the hottest year on record in the United States,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. writes in his article, Why I Got Arrested at the White House, that leads off this issue. “More than half the country suffered …
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Sally Jewell Confirmed as Next Interior Secretary
ECOWATCH — The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Sally Jewell as the next secretary of the Interior Department. The REI chief executive, nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Ken Salazar, won confirmation by …
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Government Report Exposes Lack of Preparedness for Nuclear Emergency
NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE — The GAO warned that by failing to account and plan for the actual numbers of people who would evacuate in a nuclear emergency …
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The Fallacy of Cleaning the Gyres of Plastic with a Floating ‘Ocean Cleanup Array’
5 GYRES — The solution to this problem isn’t elegant, and there exists no silver bullet. The first step in solving the problem is to personally lower your plastic consumption. The next steps are to get involved in cleanups, get involved in campaigns to …