Tag: Biodiversity
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Defending Indigenous Rights Against Dam Project in Panama
“Our lands and natural resources are the most important aspects of our culture, and we wish to thank the international organizations that are supporting our struggle to protect them.”
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Proposal Weakens Endangered Species Protections From Fracking on Public Lands
As a result, the cumulative impacts on rare species from actions like oil and gas drilling will be discounted in the decision-making process—putting hundreds of plants and animals at greater risk of extinction.
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New Generation of Genetically Engineered Crops Found to Drastically Increase Use of Toxic Pesticides
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of genetically engineered crops resistant to more toxic herbicides …
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Toxic Pesticide Nanoparticles Persist in Food
A new study by scientists at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is shedding light on the persistence of nanopesticides in our food …
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250 Groups Call on EPA to Ban Endocrine-Disrupting Atrazine
A diverse coalition of more than 250 conservation, public-health and sustainable farming groups sent a letter today asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban atrazine …