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Animal Advocates Say Senate Omnibus Bill Dooms Right Whale to Extinction

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Animal advocates accuse US Senate Democrats of selling off the critically endangered northern right whale by including a provision in a year-end funding bill that would allow the lobster industry to Maine to continue using fishing gear that maims the species, often fatally, until at least 2028. An unprecedented right whale policy endorsement inserted by …

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Timeline: Half a century of oil spills in Nigeria's Ogoni country

Timeline: Half a century of oil spills in Nigeria’s Ogoni country

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In the oil-rich Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, residents have been concerned about the health and environmental impacts of crude oil spills that have occurred since oil was discovered there in 1958. The epicenter of this has been Ogoniland, 261 communities spread over nearly 1,000 km2 (385 sq mi). Between 1976 and 1991, more …

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Your green choices may sound good, but they also play a role in political polarization

Your green choices may sound good, but they also play a role in political polarization

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If someone looked in your grocery cart, saw the car you drive, or noted your recycling habits, would they think you care about the environment? Is this caring about the environment? For some people, yes. But consumerism is not the only way to take care of the planet. After studying Americans’ environmental beliefs and behaviors, …

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Sustainability campaigners slam UK-EU fisheries deal

Sustainability campaigners slam UK-EU fisheries deal

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A new UK-EU fisheries deal threatens the sustainability of vulnerable fish stocks and goes against international scientific guidelines, environmental campaigners have said. The deal, the third signed by London and Brussels since Brexit, is part of a deal to gradually increase the share of stocks allocated to UK fishing vessels in shared waters. Under the …

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‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on COP15 deal

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The UN’s environment chief has urged citizens, businesses and governments to “not stop for a second” in implementing the new 10-year deal to stop the destruction of nature, calling for changes in consumption patterns and attitudes. “[With the new agreement] we recognize that protecting the natural world is a sum of linear efforts by governments, …

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EPA enacts tougher pollution rule for trucks, vans and buses

EPA enacts tougher pollution rule for trucks, vans and buses

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Comment this story Comment Manufacturers should reduce harmful pollution from the tailpipes of new trucks, delivery vans and buses under a long-awaited regulation the Biden administration finalized on Tuesday – a rule that could protect public health in poor communities but that doesn’t go as far as many proponents had hoped. The settlement marks the …

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This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions

This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions

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Comment this story Comment Meeting the US goal of diverting 80% of the country’s electricity from fossil fuels by the end of the decade will require a massive transformation. That means solar farms dotting the landscape from California to New York; offshore wind turbines towering over the waves off the coast of New Jersey; steam-emitting …

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Bill Gates bullish on climate innovation, even if 1.5C target is out of reach

Bill Gates bullish on climate innovation, even if 1.5C target is out of reach

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WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – When it comes to climate change, Bill Gates considers himself a realist – even if that means admitting the world has no chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Given “the overall scale of our industrial economy…we’re going to have to do a mind-boggling job of staying below 2 …

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Bowen takes the first step to bring the environment back into the rules of the energy market

Bowen takes the first step to bring the environment back into the rules of the energy market

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The Albanian government has taken the first step towards integrating emission reduction into the objectives of national energy laws, with the launch of a consultation on the long-awaited reform, considered an integral part of the management of the country’s energy transition. Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen on Tuesday released draft legislation and a consultation paper …

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