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A pause for energy developers threatening Texas Big Bend region

Big Bend is undergoing a thoughtful, patient exercise to achieve a unique goal in Texas: Tilting the balance between shareholders and stakeholders more favorably to those intent on preserving what is sacred in this rugged territory.

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Eye candy: More than 50,000 pink flamingos mass in France

Behold a treat for the eyes! Tens of thousands of pink flamingos have amassed in the wetlands of southern France along with their offspring still lacking flamboyant plumage.

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On the shores of Cape Cod, where the oyster is their world

Pollution, development and overharvesting have greatly diminished America’s natural oyster habitat. Aquaculture and adaptable farmers have changed the game.
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How did this Colombian use drones to solve a bee mystery?

Colombia has hundreds of species of bees, but many have been hard hit by pesticide use.

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Collapsed Arctic ice shelf adds 'exclamation point' to dire climate trends, say scientists

The loss of the St. Patrick's Bay ice caps, located on Ellesmere Island, is a warning that "everything is changing up there," says scientist Mark Serreze.
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How diseases sweep through the sea

For marine mammals, viral and bacterial outbreaks are on the rise.

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Marine heatwaves may force fish to flee huge distances: Study - Environment - The Jakarta Post

Fish and other marine life may have to flee thousands of kilometers to escape damaging heatwaves, highlighting the scale of disruption caused by these increasing surges in ocean temperatures.
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Ocean warming threatens coral reefs and soon could make it harder to restore them

Anyone who's tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and "outplanting," or transplanting them to restore damaged reefs.
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India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields

Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population
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Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local economies and communities, and regions outside the tropics through 'telecoupling' of human-natural systems, such as seafood trade and distant-water fishing, says a scientific review from UBC and international researchers.
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Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

Peter Dykstra and Host Steve Curwood discuss major tobacco companies' pursuit of a tobacco-based vaccine for COVID-19, then move on to discuss the flooding of the last functioning coal mine in Norway by meltwater from a nearby glacier.

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The President’s green comedy routine

Last Tuesday, we almost had a breakthrough moment on the environment.

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Pushpam Kumar: Nature is telling us it’s time to build our economy around inclusive wealth

GDP per capita is an inadequate measure of well-being. Now, more than ever, we need to use the Inclusive Wealth Index to do the task.

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Researcher wants answers about toxics in northern Ontario fish

Gretchen Lescord's findings suggest that while mercury in northern fish is still the biggest concern, the levels of chromium and arsenic concentrations are also raising some eyebrows. 
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Poseidon’s Huntington Beach desalination plant still in choppy waters

The company still cannot definitively say who will buy the 50 million gallons a day of drinking water it wants to produce on the Orange County coast.

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Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’

Devastating wildfires that burned out of control in late 2019 and early 2020 in Brazil's Pantanal wetland are back.

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Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again

Fishers in Sumatra have joined forces in opposition to a government plan to allow coastal mining that they say will destroy their fisheries.

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Arrested development

A low-tech solution offers an effective way to keep sea turtles safe.

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Kootenay conservation project aims to connect habitat for species at risk

Roads, fences and industry stop animals, from grizzlies to frogs, as they migrate.

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Nautical not nice: how fibreglass boats have become a global pollution problem

Fibreglass fuelled a boating boom. But now dumped and ageing craft are breaking up, releasing toxins and microplastics across the world.

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Seabird poop is worth millions, say scientists trying to save the birds

New research has revealed that the waste produced by seabirds - that's right, the poop of seagulls, pelicans, and penguins - could be worth nearly half a billion dollars annually.

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Can ocean plastic cleaning projects actually clean all the ocean plastic?

A new study finds that the volume of plastic flowing into the ocean will overwhelm any cleaning efforts. If we want to clean up ocean plastic, we need to start at the source.
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Research ranks Maldives highest among countries polluted by microplastic

The amount of microplastic pollution in waters around the Maldives is amongst the highest in the world, according to new research from Australia's Flinders University.

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Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up

Research that measures the public mood based on Twitter posts shows that it's currently at its lowest point in a decade. One exception: when people visit parks and green spaces.
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Cutting forests and disturbing natural habitats increases our risk of wildlife diseases

Natural habitats across the planet that humans have converted to farms, cities or suburbs are much more likely to harbor wildlife that carry parasites or pathogens such as the novel coronavirus than undisturbed areas, according to a new study.

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10,000 Pennsylvania landowners sought to buffer their streams

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has unveiled a new “Buffer My Stream" program, with the goal of improving water quality and reduce erosion.

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These people of color transformed U.S. national parks

From Yosemite to Biscayne Bay, these hidden figures helped save natural wonders and historic places.
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After a century of logging, Myanmar struggles to preserve its teak groves

Demand in China, India, and Europe drives illegal logging of this valuable, versatile hardwood.
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How indigenous communities are working to save South American forests

Biologist Erika Cuéllar Soto and local residents are “paramedics” for the Gran Chaco ecosystem.
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Collin O’Mara: Trump compares himself to Theodore Roosevelt while assaulting his lifework

The Great American Outdoors Act is a historic victory, but presidential conservation legacies are not defined by individual bills.
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It’s Trump Jr. vs. Trump Sr. over an Alaskan mineral mine

The move toward opening the Pebble Mine has surfaced a rare dispute between Donald Trump Jr. and his father’s administration.
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Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects

Germany is planning to ban floodlights from dusk for much of the year as part of its bid to fight a dramatic decline in insect populations.

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‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

While not the initial drivers of deforestation in those areas, these plantations shouldn't be certified sustainable if that history is accounted for, the study authors say.

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Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price

Park rangers tasked with monitoring reserves and parks say they wear bulletproof vests and routinely encounter hostile criminal groups when on patrol.

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More than 500 dams planned inside protected areas: Study

Hundreds of dams are planned within global protected areas, a prospect that threatens people, plants and animals that rely on the life-giving waters of free-flowing rivers.

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Brazil dismantles environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts: Study

In April, Brazil’s environment minister urged Pres. Bolsonaro to “run the cattle,” using the nation’s focus on COVID-19 as a diversion to dismantle environmental rule of law; some new executive acts appear to do just that.
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