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Needed: Mental Healthcare in the Aftermath of a Disaster
Thousands are homeless in West Virginia this week after torrential flooding that left at least 23 dead. Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers and...
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Zika Cases in Miami Rise to 14; Governor Calls on CDC to Help
On Monday, ten more people were confirmed by Florida Governor Rick Scott to have been infected by a Zika carrying mosquito in the Miami area. That brings the total number of local Zika cases–that is,...
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Obama Announces the Largest Protected Marine Monument on Earth
Building on his legacy as Protector in Chief, President Obama will be expanding Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument–a pre-existing protected body of water, shoals, and atolls near Hawaii–by...
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Temporary Halt to Dakota Access Pipeline After Protests Turn Violent
Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota turned violent over the weekend, with Native American protesters from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe facing off against security staff from...
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California First State to Ban Orca Breeding and Performances
The 2013 documentary “Blackfish” portrayed the chilling reality of orcas in captivity, including the tragic death of one orca trainer who was pulled underwater by a stressed and depressed whale. Now...
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UNICEF: 300 Million Children Live In Areas With “Extremely Toxic” Air
What can cause miscarriages, early delivery, diseases that account for 10 percent of deaths in children under five, and harm children’s brain development? The answer: air pollution. And it’s getting...
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Paris Climate Agreement Officially Becomes International Law
The Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 195 countries last December, was officially ratified into international law on Friday. “Today we make history in humankind’s efforts to combat climate change,”...
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Global Environmental Groups Band Together to Oppose Dakota Access Pipeline
A coalition of environmental groups from around the world sent a letter on Monday to banks that have loaned, collectively, $2.5 billion to help finance the polarizing Dakota Access pipeline. Johan...
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Could Trump Reject the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
Donald Trump never included anything about his stance on climate change and global warming in his campaign platform. While Hillary Clinton featured the issue prominently on her website, Trump has...
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California Drought Watch: Santa Barbara County’s Reservoir Almost Dry
The water crisis in southern California is far from over. The reservoir that provides Santa Barbara County with its drinking water reached its all-time low at 7 percent capacity this summer. The Lake...
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China to Trump: We Didn’t Invent Climate Change
In a curious role reversal, a top Chinese foreign diplomat promised President-elect Donald Trump that no, climate change is not a hoax cooked up by the Chinese, and yes, it is indeed a problem that...
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Building a New House in Santa Monica? It Will Need to be Very Green
One California city, Santa Monica, is taking quite a dramatic step to make sure that new single-family homes built there don’t add any more stress to the environment–beginning in 2017, any house built...
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Earthquake Strikes Japan, Reigniting Nuclear Energy Debate
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the northeast shore of Japan’s central island on Tuesday, bringing back memories of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed around 20,000 people, and...
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The Weather Channel Slams Breitbart Over Climate Change Article
The Weather Channel decided to strike back at Breitbart News after it published a not-so-accurate article claiming that climate change is a hoax last week, and used a Weather Channel clip to back up...
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Trump’s Confusing Stances on Climate Change
It’s not exactly surprising when President-elect Donald Trump contradicts himself on certain policy views: he’s taken differing stances on issues such as immigration, Obamacare, and gay marriage, among...
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Paris is Reusing Energy From Wastewater to Heat Swimming Pools
In Paris, officials are making use of excess heat from electrical appliances to heat up the city’s swimming pools. This environmentally friendly move is spearheaded by Jean-François Martins, deputy...
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Scientists Rush to Back Up Climate Data Before Trump Takes Office
The President-elect has been criticized because he claimed that climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese. The new proposed head of the EPA is a climate change denier. And the new proposed...
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First Offshore Wind Farm in the U.S. Begins Operations in Rhode Island
The five structures rise out of the Atlantic Ocean, in a perfect horizontal line. They look like toy pinwheels when viewed from the coast. But these five behemoths are certainly not toys–they’re the...
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Obama Protects Millions of Acres from Future Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
President Barack Obama, while vacationing in Hawaii on Tuesday, used an obscure 1953 law to protect millions of acres of federally owned waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from future gas and oil...
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GOP Lawmakers Look to Curb Endangered Species Act Under Trump Administration
Gray wolves, and sage grouse, and prairie chickens–oh my! A new GOP aim may reduce protections for a handful of endangered species. According to the Associated Press, House Natural Resources Committee...
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Scott Pruitt: Trump’s Choice to Lead the EPA Defends His Record of Suing the EPA
Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency appeared before part of the Senate for his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Pruitt, a former...
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Global Climate Crisis: 2016 Was the Hottest Year on Record
It’s official–2016 was just named the hottest year on record. This is the third year in a row that Earth set a new record high, with average surface temperatures 1.69 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th...
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What Does it Mean When the Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight?
The Doomsday Clock is ticking. No, not literally. But on Thursday, a group of scientists moved the hands of the symbolic clock 30 seconds closer to midnight as a result of threats posed by climate...
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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Leave Campsite Before Evacuation Deadline
After almost a year of protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, demonstrators at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation went out in a literal blaze of glory Wednesday. Most of the occupants cleared the main...
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Can Scott Pruitt Unravel the EPA’s Endangerment Finding?
Bucking scientific consensus in the U.S. and around the world, Scott Pruitt on Thursday questioned the belief that carbon dioxide is a “primary contributor” to climate change. Pruitt, the head of the...
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Senator James Inhofe Claims the EPA is Brainwashing Our Kids
Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, who is on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has become known for defying climate research and trying to prove that global warming is a hoax. In 2014 he...
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Get Rid of Obama’s Clean Power Plan
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that could scrap former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. What does it mean for the future of U.S. environmental policy? What is the...
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Killer Signs at the March for Science
Image courtesy of Ed Uthman; License: (CC BY 2.0) Yesterday was the March for Science in many cities around the U.S. (and the world). According to the organizers, over 600 cities participated...
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Trump Signs Order to Reverse Obama’s Ban on Offshore Drilling
Image courtesy of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement BSEE; license: public domainReversing what President Barack Obama did to protect federal waters only four months ago, President Donald...
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An Executive Order Without Justification: Attacking the National Parks
"Needles Overlook" courtesy of Bureau of Land Management; License: (CC BY 2.0)After President Trump signed an executive order last week, every national monument of 100,000 acres or more created since...
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Beyond Symbolic: Greenpeace in the Trump Era
Image courtesy of ResistFromDay1; License: (CC BY 2.0)In January, seven members of Greenpeace scaled a 270-foot crane at a construction site near the White House and unfurled a massive banner with the...
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Tunnel With Radioactive Waste Collapses in Washington State
"Cooling" courtesy of Philo Nordlund; license: (CC BY 2.0)A tunnel that is used for storing radioactive waste has partially collapsed in Washington state, causing the Hanford nuclear site to announce a...
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Three Republicans Rebuke Trump’s Efforts to Dismantle Environmental Protections
Image Courtesy of Phil Roeder; License: (CC BY 2.0)Three Republican Senators joined the entire field of Democrats on Wednesday to uphold an Obama-era environmental regulation, the first to withstand...
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Where Do the Trump Team and Congress Stand on the Paris Climate Accord?
Image Courtesy of Gage Skidmore; License: (CC BY-SA 2.0)A few minutes past 9 a.m. on Wednesday, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet that had much of the world on the edge of its seat: I will be...
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Conservationists Sue EPA over Delay of Obama-era Methane Rule
"Orvis State natural gas flare 02." Courtesy of Tim Evanson : Licence (CC BY-SA 2.0)On Monday, six environmental conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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Ten More States Join U.S. Climate Alliance in Wake of Paris Withdrawal
"Sunshine Pollution" Courtesy of Daniel Lerps: Licence (CC BY ND-2.0)Earlier this week, 10 new states joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, affirming their dedication to “aggressive action on climate...
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Environmentalists Blast the Trump Administration Plans for Seismic Air Gun...
"Image" Courtesy of montereydiver: License (CC BY 2.0)The Trump Administration is proposing to allow seismic air guns to survey oil and gas deposits along the U.S. Atlantic coast, but some...
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Trump Administration Axes Proposed Rules Meant to Protect Endangered Marine Life
Courtesy of Larry D Moore; License CC 4.0The Trump Administration rejected Obama-era proposals on Monday that would limit the number of endangered whales, dolphins, and sea turtles that can be killed...
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Judge Orders Further Environmental Review for Dakota Access Pipeline
"Bakken / Dakota Access Oil Pipeline" courtesy of Tony Webster; License: (CC BY-SA 2.0)The long legal battle over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline looks like it will continue to drag on...
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EPA Moves To Repeal Obama Administration’s Clean Water Rule
"Susquehanna River and Conowingo Dam" Courtesy of Aaron Harrington License: (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are moving forward with plans to repeal the...
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U.S. Wildlife Officials Draft Court-Ordered Recovery Plan for Mexican Gray Wolf
"Mexican wolf" Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters License: (CC BY 2.0)The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a draft recovery plan for endangered Mexican gray wolves on...
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Federal Appeals Court Hands EPA Admin Scott Pruitt Legal Defeat
Image Courtesy of Gage Skidmore; License: (CC BY-SA 2.0)A federal appeals court on Monday blocked EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt from temporarily freezing an Obama-era regulation on methane gas...
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France Reveals Series of New Environmental Measures
"BMW i3 Electric Car in Paris" Courtesy of Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz; License (CC BY-SA 4.0)France’s new environment minister just announced the Macron Administration’s first series of new...
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Oceana Sues Government for Withdrawing Proposed Rule to Protect Marine Life
"Sea Turtle" Courtesy of Ale Art License: (CC BY-ND 2.0)Oceana is challenging the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a proposed Obama-era rule that would have limited the number of protected marine...
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California Extends Cap-and-Trade Program Through 2030
Image Courtesy of Walter; License: (CC BY 2.0)Jerry Brown, the governor of California, made no bones about the dangers of climate change at a public hearing last week, calling it a “threat to organized...
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Geely Motors: The Power Behind Volvo’s Electric Bid
Image courtesy of veggiefrog; License: (CC BY 2.0)Volvo has set itself apart from other mainstream automakers this month by announcing that all of its new models from 2019 onwards will be electric or...
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Britain to Ban Sale of Gas and Diesel Cars by 2040
"Electric car charging" courtesy of Alan Trotter; License: (CC BY 2.0)On Wednesday, Britain’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs released documents detailing the country’s plan to...
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Judge Says Telescope on Hawaii’s Sacred Mauna Kea Should be Built
Image Courtesy of CucombreLibre 8738; License: (CC BY 2.0)A hearings judge in Hawaii ruled the state could reissue a building permit for a telescope on Mauna Kea, a 14,000-foot dormant volcano that has...
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DHS Waives Environmental Rules To Build San Diego Border Wall
"Border Wall" Courtesy of Tony Webster License: (CC BY 2.0)The Department of Homeland Security waived more than three dozen environmental laws and regulations Wednesday to speed up the first phase of...
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Dakota Access Pipeline Developer Sues Greenpeace, Other Activist Groups
Image courtesy of Loz Pycock; License: (CC BY-SA 2.0)Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based developer of the heavily criticized Dakota Access Pipeline, has filed a massive $1 billion lawsuit...
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