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Neonic studies highlight need to strengthen EPA pollinator rules
A trio of recent studies, one conducted in the U.S. and the others in Europe, are highlighting some alarming facts regarding the daunting realities of neonicotinoid pesticides and their prevalence in…
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TPP in trouble: Why we can win this fight!
The below is an abridged version of the Medium article “TPP in Trouble.” Read the full version here. On Wednesday, July 29 almost 400 Hawaiians and visitors from around the globe gathered…
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Ending federal fossil fuel leasing could keep 450 billion tons of carbon pollution in the ground
Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to our future and future generations. In the U.S., federal leasing of publicly owned fossil fuels contributes significantly to domestic and global greenhou…
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Hidden abuse: The persistence of slave labor within Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry
Lucrative as it is for multi-national corporations, the palm oil industry has incited numerous humanitarian concerns in recent years. Palm oil giants have increasingly acted at the expense of those em…
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The humble bumble gets its own day of gratitude
Lisa Arkin is the executive director of Beyond Toxics, a Eugene, Ore.-based non-profit that works to protect communities and the environment from toxic pollution. Have you been enjoying watching the f…
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Dirty tax break, dirtier fuel
The U.S.’s operable refinery capacity — that is, the amount of crude oil that can be processed and sold to consumers as liquid fuel — is a whopping 18 million barrels per day. The Un…
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The federal coal program must end or seriously reform
Earlier this year, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called for “an honest and open conversation about modernizing the federal government’s coal program.” Today I am speaking at the Washing…
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New paper warns 2 degree limit isn’t enough to stop major sea level rise
In a recently released paper in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, former NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen and 16 other researchers detail a climate change future more alarming…
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Green Climate Fund faces worrisome developments with big banks, bad process
Developing countries urgently need money — and lots of it — to address climate change. To tackle this tremendous challenge, the international community is looking to the newly established…
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Green Climate Fund: Course correction needed?
Originally posted on Reuters The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is meant to be a new, innovative institution that will directly support climate action in developing countries, with a particular focus on the…