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River Action's series of environmental films continues this Sunday, March 20and at 2 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. This week, admission is free to "Habitants: An Indigenous Perspective », a…

The news has recently been a whirlwind of coverage on world events and it can be overwhelming.Even as a journalist it can be heartbreaking and sometimes I have to take breaks from the news or read summaries instead of in-depth…

In Vancouver, a new kind of Indigenous community is emerging – one that builds resilience, health, creativity and culture through shared housing and local Indigenous leadership. "People have a hard time seeing themselves as creative…

If the latest IPCC report has taught us anything, it's that it's time to tackle climate change now. And while it's absolutely crucial to reduce the amount of fossil fuels we use, there's no doubt that some of the carbon dioxide…

In the first two months of the year, there were more than 20 forest fires in protected areas and buffer zones across El Salvador, often in places that are not usually threatened.Drought attributed to climate change, as well as…

Lake bed drying out / istockphoto.com 5 takeaways from the latest UN climate change report — 02/28/22, The Washington Post“The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a warning letter to a…

Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host Dr. Susie Arnold, marine scientist at the Island Institute, to speak about the implications of sea level rise at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, via Zoom. Registration is mandatory. KS Gravino photo…

A conference on the implications of sea level rise will take place on March 3. KS Gravin The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host Island Institute Marine Scientist Susie Arnold for a talk on sea level rise and its current and projected…

The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor says companies have overstated their climate promises.Amazon and Google were rated weak in terms of integrity and transparency.Apple and Walmart displayed reasonable levels of transparency.The…

Did you know that the Mahoosuc Ecological Reserve is one of the few places in Maine where Cutler's Goldenrod is found? This delicate yellow flower is endemic to a naturally rare habitat type. It is also one!-->…

Wetlands – lands made up of swamps or marshes – have, over the centuries, been demonized as places of pestilence, drained for agriculture or urban development, and polluted or paved over. But today, they appear as crucial ecosystems in the…

The future of transportation is our technology theme of the year 2022. In 2019 we chose edge computing as the…

Published January 30, 2022 Considered As a cornerstone of upward social mobility, urban centers are increasingly shrinking under the pressure of overcrowding as people continue to commute daily to city centers in search of greener…

Washington's farmlands and natural habitat are not immune to climate change. Extreme weather conditions, drought, forest fires and floods impact our landscape and natural resources. Solar energy is essential for mitigating the…

Renewable energy costs have fallen sharply over the past decade. New analysis explores how an extension of these trends, plus complementary technological innovation and market-based climate policy, could lead to a future…

The Parallel Systems team.Photo courtesy of Parallel Systems.Three former SpaceX engineers are starting a company to design and build self-driving electric train cars, with the goal of improving efficiency and reducing emissions in the…

USA: How we think about fire determines how we handle it. For a long time we thought of it as physical, but maybe fire is a biological phenomenon, like a virus. What is fire? Usually it is defined as the physical chemistry of combustion.…

By Gloria Dickie(Reuters) - Fossil fuel emissions are not only driving climate change and deteriorating air quality, they are also damaging crop yields enough to cause some $63 billion in annual losses in East Asia, according to…

20th Anniversary of Songshan Lake - A Science Town for Rapid Transformation of Scientific ResultsDongguan Songshan Lake Science CityDongguan City was once a sprawl of low-end, labor-intensive industries that depended on cheap labor and…

Indigenous communities among the hardest hit by climate changeOver 32 million people affected by flooding in Assam since 2014Residential land shrinking due to flooding and agricultural growthVILLAGE OF BESEMORA, India, December 28 (Thomson…

The Downeast Lakes Community Forest, one of the largest community forests in the country, was expanded in 2021 and now covers 57,693 acres.. Courtesy of Downeast Lakes Land Trust Each year, conservation groups in Maine work to…

ABSTRACT Indonesia is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire and faces many natural threats, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods and droughts. The country registers more than 3,000 natural disasters across…

Jim Smith recognized for his volunteer work, including helping to found Legacy Land Trust Society MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Conservation work was not always on the mind of a local resident who was recently named a recipient of the…

Miami-Dade's new Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Council met for the first time this week to help Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commissioners determine what needs to be done to save the gem of the county crown.…

As he marks World Soil Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underscored the threat that soil salinization poses to global food security and warned that many countries still lack adequate capacity for…

Texas relies on the multi-billion dollar beef industry for its economic success and the conservation of our iconic landscape - the two are not mutually exclusive. Herders have a devotion to the land that sustains their livelihood, as it…

Freight Train Loading Grain into Freight Cars / Freight Cars in Farm Elevators Along National ... Route 16, highway in the province of Chaco, Argentina. (Photo by: Marica van der Meer / Arterra / Universal Images Group…

PETALUMA, California., 22 November 2021 / PRNewswire / - Sukin North America, a division of the beloved Australian brand of vegan, cruelty-free and cruelty-free natural products for skin, body and hair, partners with a world-renowned…

Since Julie and her husband John Ott moved to her parents' farm, the James Ranch north of Durango, three decades ago, three more siblings have joined them on the 400-acre farm where they produce meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs and cheese…

Paris Agreement architect Laurence Tubiana, WWF, Sky, Virgin Media O2 and Ben & Jerrys are among 250+ organizations and leaders supporting a new call to fight climate disinformation, launched to coincide with COP26. In…

Jeff Bezos' $ 2 billion plan announced last week to plant trees and restore landscapes across Africa and the United States has already raised red flags for some conservation experts and activists. Last year, after pledging $ 10 billion…

SACRAMENTO - On the highway over Teton Pass in Wyoming, avalanches have threatened motorists since the 1960s. In Washington and Oregon, drivers live with the daily awareness that during a major earthquake, the bridge between Vancouver and…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finally struck a deal with the Nationals and is expected to commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the Glasgow climate conference. So what must Australia do to achieve this goal?…

President Joe Biden will travel to Scranton on Wednesday, where he will present his Build Back Better program and the bipartisan infrastructure legislation that was passed by the Senate in August and awaits a vote in the House. The $ 1…

Impact of BEEco-Business's sister nonprofit organization on Tuesday launched the second edition of the Sustainability Exchange to engage young people to work with experts in the field to tackle climate change. “We need…

Molly Myerson and Vivien Straus recently joined the Marine Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) Board of Directors. Both with direct links to our local agricultural scene. Myerson is a newcomer with new perspectives straight from the…

Farmers are encouraged by a change in the government's stance on carbon cultivation, but say urgent action is needed to address the scale and pace of sheep and cattle farm conversions. Beef and Lamb chief executive Sam McIvor said a…

1.Rogelj, J. et al. A new scenario logic for the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. Nature 573, 357-363 (2019).Google Scholar CAS 2.Anderson, K. & Peters, G. The problem with negative emissions.…

A group of GOP congressmen on Tuesday released an alternative to President Joe Biden's 30x30 land…

Posted: 10/01/2021 11:08:46 AM Farming is a tough business, and it's no secret. Farmers work long, physically demanding hours and farm businesses operate with extremely narrow margins, their crops - and…

Partisanship stands in the way of meaningful environmental policy, said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who urged collaboration between Western states, the federal government and other stakeholders as he addressed the Western Governor's…

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Release) - New research by scientists at the University of Wyoming examines water use when combining bioenergy production with carbon capture and sequestration, and calls for close coordination of technology , resources and…

Through photosynthesis, trees and soil capture and store carbon dioxide. It is a process as natural as sunlight. But planting more trees or managing a forest more intensively can increase carbon storage, sequestering more harmful…

Editorial At the opening of the United Nations General Assembly last week, world leaders - including President Duterte - underscored the ever-increasing risks of the climate change crisis, even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages…

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Governor Tom Wolf today announced the Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 and called for state-wide action on climate change by all sectors: legislative, government, industry, business, agriculture and…

TO SHARE: Dr Robin Kimmerer, Director, Center for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment (CNPE) A new partnership between the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry(ESF) Center for Indigenous Peoples and the!-->…

Governor Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced grants totaling about $ 10 million to 37 communities and six conservation districts to improve parks and open spaces, including $ 400,000 for improvements to Blunt Park in Springfield.The…

I like green spaces. I started advocating for more affordable housing in Menlo Park in part because I know affordable housing near schools and jobs is essential to a healthy planet. While I love all green spaces, Sharon Park is my…

Sept. 16 (Reuters) - Biofuel producers are seeking last-minute changes to a proposal to increase production of sustainable aviation fuel in the Democrat's $ 3.5 trillion spending plan that they say will allow the country's farmers to join…

New Zealand's carbon market is acting bizarre and some fear this may lead to the conversion of more farms to pine forests, writes Justin Giovannetti in The Bulletin.The price of carbon in New Zealand is at an all-time high,…

Kelowna council accepted an agricultural land exemption at 4690 Highway 97 N to accommodate a transportation cooridor and the relocation of the BC Reigonal Transit facility. Mayor Colin…

What if a forest like White's Woods could generate annual income for White Township by maintaining its…

In case you haven't heard it, the earth is doomed. Aside from the apocalyptic declaration, hundreds of top scientists around the world released a report last month on the danger man-made climate change poses to the world. The United…

As environmental disasters multiply across the country, state officials continue to push for environmental…

A U.S. federal judge heard arguments against a projected lithium mine on Friday by lawyers from Native American tribes, who said the mine would cause irreparable damage to sacred native lands. The…

Unlike most people in the agriculture industry, Matt Keltie plants his crop upwards, not outwards. Keltie's company, 26 Seasons, initially grew microgreens on vertical farms at a former Wellington nightclub, but has recently expanded to…

Finland Solar food is a pioneer in producing what could prove to be one of the most carbon-friendly proteins in the world - from scratch. By taking a single-celled microbe, the company grows the protein, which it calls Solein,…

MELBOURNE, Australia - The military in some Asian countries is bracing for a new energy paradigm amid a perfect storm of security concerns, climate change and the emergence of renewable resource options that are driving operational…

The U.S. Senate is set to pass a massive $ 1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that would improve state transportation, power grids, water systems, and more . This is a major increase in spending and a…

Wildlife moves to survive. They roam, fly, crawl and swim to find food and water, establish territories and ensure gene flow. A male grizzly bear's home range can grow up to 600 square miles, Pacific salmon hatch in mountain streams and…

As with most dream projects, there is palpable enthusiasm from the LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan to begin work on the much publicized semi-high speed rail corridor known as Kerala. SilverLine Project. The chief minister, basking…

The Springbank off-water reservoir, designed to protect Calgary from flooding, will receive up to $ 168.5 million in federal funding, taking it one step closer to completion. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson made the…

Craig David: Parking policies: subsidies contradict our values Recent editorial articles have focused on Boulder's efforts to further align parking policies with climate, equity, housing and transportation goals. We appreciate raising…

The Amazon rainforest now emits more carbon dioxide than it can absorb, scientists first confirmed. Emissions amount to one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, according to a study. The giant forest was previously a carbon sink,…

Mahalo for his support of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! A group of cultivation practitioners and conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state Land and Natural Resources…

Most research on the environmental and social impacts of the oil and natural gas industries focuses on the beginning and the end of the process: where resources are extracted and where they are refined and…

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The city will consider a resolution that urges government entities to increase tools for local groups to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems as well as mitigate the impacts of climate!-->…

Summer is officially here. For many Americans, that means green blankets for children to play in.There are roughly 40 to 50 million acres of lawn in the continental United States, almost as much as all of the nation's national parks…

Through the 2015 Paris Agreement, nearly 200 states parties collectively aspired to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C above pre-industrial levels. Even compared to 2 ° C of warming, achieving this goal would…

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is now seeking a development partner to accelerate Resilient Edgemere, a major initiative to reinvigorate the Edgemere section of the Rockaways. The main objective of the plan…

Editor's Note: Weekly Transportation is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro's daily transportation policy bulletin, Morning Transportation. POLITICO Pro is a political intelligence platform that combines the news you need with tools you…

The report, Bioresources in a net zero emissions economy: making a sustainable approach possible, clearly shows that, although bioresources are in principle renewable, not all forms of biomass use are beneficial from an environmental…

LAND USE CHANGE AND DEGRADATIONThis footprint focuses on deforestation and ecosystem conversion, and degradation of the health of soils, forests and other natural ecosystems. The main drivers of these impacts on a global scale are…

Michele S. Byers, longtime executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, has announced that she will be retiring at the end of the year.Byers, only the third executive director in the nonprofit's 61-year history, has held…