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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.
Flycatchers in mesquite tree.
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Build a Border Wall? Here’s an Idea That’s Better for Communities and the Climate

What border communities really need are solutions to address economic, health and climate problems — and the mesquite tree can help.
February 20, 2019
by
Gary Paul Nabhan
What border communities really need are solutions to address economic, health and climate problems — and the mesquite tree can help.
Tanzania cattle
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Tanzania Prepares to Hand Wildlife Reserves Over to Farmers and Livestock

The unexpected announcement reverses a plan to move people out of critical protected habitats — and puts the nation’s amazing biodiversity at risk.
February 14, 2019
by
Brennan PetersonWood and Adam C. Stein
The unexpected announcement reverses a plan to move people out of critical protected habitats — and puts the nation’s amazing biodiversity at risk.
Chicago trees
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Urban Ecology: A Bright Future for Sustainable Cities

People often think of urban landscapes as concrete dystopias, but the future may reside in cities that can sustain both people and nature.
December 14, 2018
by
John Lieber
People often think of urban landscapes as concrete dystopias, but the future may reside in cities that can sustain both people and nature.
Craig Generating Station
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An Ax, Not a Scalpel: The Dangers of Trump’s Deregulations

Trump’s “take no prisoners” deregulatory strategy carries big litigation risks.
November 26, 2018
by
Dan Farber
Trump’s “take no prisoners” deregulatory strategy carries big litigation risks.

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