Tag: united states
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‘New Normals’ of the Climate Crisis Demand a New Economy
The Post Carbon Institute released a new report today, Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics & Community Resilience. The report calls on environmental organizations and policy makers …
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Government Shutdown Would Close Public Lands
If there is not a last minute deal for a temporary budget extension passed by midnight, the U. S. government will partially shut down. ”Essential services” will continue without a budget. However, the public lands will be shuttered to public access …
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IPCC Report Another Wake Up Call for Immediate Climate Action
Regardless of whether our car is speeding at 90 miles an hour or 85 miles an hour, we are still in the danger zone. The time has come to put on the brakes.
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Widespread Use of Neonicotinoids Poses Risks to More Than Bees
A report released this week by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation moves the spotlight from the risks neonicotinoids pose to bees to the impacts of neonicotinoids to invertebrates such as earthworms …
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State Department Ignores Keystone XL Impact on Endangered Species
New analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity finds that the State Department’s review of the Keystone XL pipeline woefully underestimates the impacts it would have on some of America’s most endangered species …