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To fight bee decline, Obama proposes more land to feed bees
The Obama administration hopes to save the bees by feeding them better. A new federal plan aims to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making millions of ac…
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Obama Task Force Lays Out Plan to Save Honeybees
The White House laid out a strategy Tuesday to address a surge in honeybee deaths that includes scrutinizing the effect of pesticides on pollinators and planting more bee-friendly vegetation on federa…
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The White House’s “Plan Bee” Initiative Wants Us To Bee Kinder To Those Troubled Bees
In the last year, beekeepers say they’ve lost 40 percent of their honey bee colonies, according to the White House. This might not seem like a big deal, but bees pretty much make the world go around…
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White House Pollinator Strategy wont solve bee crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration released its National Pollinator Health Strategy today, which failed to adequately address the impact of pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides…
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WTO denies consumers right to know about meat origins; TTIP promises worse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization Appellate Body ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law. This will deny Americans…
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IMF pegs global fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund released a working paper today estimating the 2015 global cost of fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion. The paper uses a post-tax subsidies meas…
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Friends of the Earth Out to Bury Earl Blumenauer
Environmental activists are throwing Rep. Earl Blumenauer under the zero-emission, biodiesel-fueled bus for openly embracing broader trade-promotion authority. Friends of the Earth is going after th…
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House takes aim at sage grouse
WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a vote of 269-151 the House of Representatives passed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a provision to delay Endangered Species Act protection for t…
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The TPP Could Have Disastrous Results For The Climate, Environmental Groups Warn
A wide-reaching trade agreement between the United States and several Asian nations could have catastrophic repercussions for climate change, including giving corporations the power to sue governments…
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U.N. finalizes Polar Shipping Code after six years
IMO adopts several important protections but lacks vital heavy fuel use ban in the Arctic LONDON, U.K. – The International Maritime Organization — the U.N. agency charged with establishing glo…