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Trump’s Decision to Hamstring California’s Climate Authority Is Illogical and Uninformed

Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
October 4, 2019
by
Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman
Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
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Here’s Our Best Opportunity to Save the Oceans — and Ourselves

A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.
October 1, 2019
by
Steve Trent
A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.
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Trump’s Border Wall: Epitaph for an Endangered, Night-blooming Cactus?

The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
September 26, 2019
by
Gary Paul Nabhan
The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
Refugee at camp
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‘We Know the End Is Coming’: The Plight and Rise of Climate Refugees

People displaced by drought, sea-level rise, wildfires and other environmental threats are not currently considered “refugees,” like people fleeing violence or oppression. That needs to change.
September 24, 2019
by
Luna Williams
People displaced by drought, sea-level rise, wildfires and other environmental threats are not currently considered “refugees,” like people fleeing violence or oppression. That needs to change.
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The Words of Water: Why Environmentalists Are Losing the Water Wars

It all boils down to diluted language that minimizes the perception of how we’re devastating our rivers and other bodies of water.
September 17, 2019
by
Gary Wockner
It all boils down to diluted language that minimizes the perception of how we’re devastating our rivers and other bodies of water.
Trump
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Overshoot: Trump’s Deregulatory Zeal Goes Beyond Even Where Industry Asks Him to Go

Automakers, utilities and appliance makers actually oppose some of the planned deregulation. But antiregulation hardliners are winning out.
September 10, 2019
by
Amy Sinden
Automakers, utilities and appliance makers actually oppose some of the planned deregulation. But antiregulation hardliners are winning out.
Bluefin tuna
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing Proposals Jeopardize Recovery Efforts

The Pacific bluefin tuna is vulnerable to extinction and yet fisheries managers may vote to increase the number that can be caught.
September 3, 2019
by
Jamie Gibbon
The Pacific bluefin tuna is vulnerable to extinction and yet fisheries managers may vote to increase the number that can be caught.
man fishing
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Empowering Communities to Save the Ocean

The United Nations recently identified overfishing as one of the major threats to the world’s biodiversity. But there’s a solution to help both fish and people.
May 24, 2019
by
Steve Box
The United Nations recently identified overfishing as one of the major threats to the world’s biodiversity. But there’s a solution to help both fish and people.
Polling station
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Can the Environmental Movement Carry a ‘Green Wave’ Into 2020?

Elected officials won’t care about environmental issues unless environmental voters turn out to the polls.
May 13, 2019
by
Nathaniel Stinnett
Elected officials won’t care about environmental issues unless environmental voters turn out to the polls.
Climate march
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Declaring a Climate Change Emergency: Would It Be Legal? Would It Be Useful?

Environmental and constitutional law scholar Dan Farber explains what a climate change emergency declaration could achieve.
March 29, 2019
by
Dan Farber
Environmental and constitutional law scholar Dan Farber explains what a climate change emergency declaration could achieve.

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