Tag: Biodiversity
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Environmental Dispatches from Patagonia: The People
The Patagonia Defense Council, with its partners from many countries, has been able to produce a detailed diagnosis of the ills of Chile’s energy model and has created a concrete proposal that would gradually, yet deeply reform the energy paradigm and re-orient it toward one that is socially and ecologically sustainable. The overwhelming scale of…
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Wal-Mart to Pay $110 Million for Clean Water Act and Pesticide Disposal Violations
As a result of the three criminal cases brought by the Justice Department, and the related civil case filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Wal-Mart will pay approximately $81.6 million for its unlawful conduct. Coupled with previous actions brought by the states of California and Missouri for the same conduct, Wal-Mart will pay…
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Regulating Carbon Emissions: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality on Climate Action
“If we believe in a future with good jobs, a clean environment and a safer world, then we must act to prevent the effects of climate change. We can do this while making our economy and environment prosper.”
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First-Ever Drill Site Approved Inside Alaskan Reserve Challenged
The plan approved by the Army Corps allows ConocoPhillips to build a drilling site within the boundaries of the reserve and connect it by a road and bridge to oil infrastructure outside the reserve. Reversing an earlier decision, the Corps rejected an alternative that would have minimized impacts to the Colville Delta, which provides habitat…
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U.S. Offshore Wind Power: A Step Closer to Reality
Responsibly sited offshore wind power must be a significant component of our clean energy future—and today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the BOEM took a huge step forward in making this a reality. This morning, news broke that BOEM has scheduled a first-ever renewable energy lease sale on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.…