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Colorado Revs Up, Adopts Zero-Emission Vehicle Program

By Simon Mui States across the country are stepping up to make clean cars cheaper and easier to find. Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted Friday to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle...

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9 Benefits and Uses of Lemon Peel

By Ariane Lang, BSc, MBALemon (Citrus limon) is a common citrus fruit, alongside grapefruits, limes, and oranges (1).While the pulp and juice are used the most, the peel tends to be discarded.However,...

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Shell Union Workers Told to Attend Trump Speech or Lose Pay

Thousands of union members at a multibillion dollar petrochemical plant outside of Pittsburgh were given a choice last week: Stand and wait for a speech by Donald Trump or take the day off without...

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Gina Lopez, Who Led Anti-Mining Crackdown in Philippines, Dies at 65

Gina Lopez, a former Philippine environment secretary, philanthropist and eco-warrior, died on Aug. 19 from brain cancer. She was 65.Lopez was best known for fighting against destructive mining...

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Norway Freezes $33.2M Transfer to Brazil's Amazon Fund Amid Deforestation...

By Sue Branford and Thais BorgesOla Elvestrun, Norway's environment minister, announced Thursday that it is freezing its contributions to the Amazon Fund, and will no longer be transferring €300...

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'Alarming' Report Uses NASA Satellite Data to Reveal World's Toxic Air...

A new report by Greenpeace International pinpointed the world's worst sources of sulfur dioxide pollution, an irritant gas that harms human health. India has seized the top spot from Russia and China,...

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How to Counter Trump’s Disastrous Attack on Our Public Lands

By Randi SpivakSlashing two national monuments in Utah may have received the most attention, but Trump's Interior Department and U.S. Forest Service have been quietly, systematically ceding control of...

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Washington State Kills Last Four of a Wolf Pack Hours Before Court-Ordered...

The last four members of an embattled wolf pack were killed in Washington State Friday, hours before the court order that could have saved them. NoneThe wolves, members of the Old Profanity Territory...

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9,000 Flee ‘Unprecedented’ Wildfires on Spain's Gran Canaria Island

Wildfires raging on Gran Canaria, the second most populous of Spain's Canary Islands, have forced around 9,000 people to evacuate.The fires, which started Saturday, have entered the Tamadaba Natural...

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Leaked Audio Shows Oil Lobbyist Bragging About Success in Criminalizing...

By Jake JohnsonAs a growing number of states move to pass laws that would criminalize pipeline protests and hit demonstrators with years in prison, an audio recording obtained by The Intercept showed...

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These Are the Challenges Facing India’s Most Sacred River

By Johnny WoodThe Ganges is a lifeline for the people of India, spiritually and economically. On its journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, it supports fishermen, farmers and an abundance of...

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'We Should Be Retreating Already From the Coastline,' Scientist Suggests...

Andrew Yang's assertion that people move away from the coast at the last Democratic debate is the completely rational and correct choice for NASA scientists in Greenland. None"There is enough ice in...

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Climate Crisis Could Trim 10.5 Percent of GDP in 80 Years, Says New Study

The climate crisis is getting costly. Some of the world's largest companies expect to take over one trillion in losses due to climate change. Insurers are increasingly jittery and the world's largest...

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Could the Climate Crisis Spell the End for Maine Lobster?

By Nicole Greenfield Kristan Porter grew up in a fishing family in the fishing community of Cutler, Maine, where he says all roads lead to one career path: fishing. (Porter's father was the family's...

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Is the 2020 Olympics an Opportunity for Japan to Tackle Seafood Sustainability?

Tuna auctions are a tourist spectacle in Tokyo. Outside the city's most famous fish market, long queues of visitors hoping for a glimpse of the action begin to form at 5 a.m. The attraction is so...

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Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest

There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the city of São Paulo in darkness for about an...

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Trump Cancels Trip to Denmark After PM Says Greenland Not for Sale

Denmark isn't interested in selling Greenland to the U.S., so now President Trump doesn't want to visit.NoneTrump was scheduled to visit the country Sept. 2 and 3 on the invitation of Queen Margrethe...

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Cold-Climate Lizards May Face Extinction in 60 Years, Study Says

Cold-climate lizards that give live birth to their offspring are more likely to be driven to extinction than their egg-laying cousins as global temperatures continue to rise, new research...

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Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science Already Surpass Two Bush Terms

By Elliott NeginOn July 19, President Trump hosted Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and their families, along with the family of their deceased colleague Neil Armstrong, at a White...

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Bolsonaro Greenlights New Pesticides While Environmentalists Mourn 500...

By Jessica CorbettPointing to the deaths of more than half a billion bees in Brazil over a period of just four months, beekeepers, experts and activists are raising concerns about the soaring number...

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