Dec 17, 2017

The Thomas fire is terrifying. Fire trends are even more terrifying

Michael Kodas throws a legitimate scare into us.

Peter Dykstra

By the middle of this century, twice the amount of U.S. land will burn in bad fire years than does today.

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Plastic Pollution

The plastic industry’s fight to keep polluting the world

Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste.

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Plastic Pollution

Trump seizes on soggy paper straws as campaign issue: 'Make straws great again'

The president's reelection campaign is selling reusable and recycled straws in its 2020 online store, because, it says, "Liberal paper straws don't work."

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Children

Balancing palm oil and protected forests to conserve orangutans

Orangutan populations have decreased in fragmented forest areas near palm oil plantations, but they have remained fairly stable in protected forests, giving conservationists some hope for the species' future amid continued decline, according to a new study.

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Corals in American Samoa region that survived a 2015 bleaching event. (Credit: Stephen Palumbi)

Originals

“A friend is gone:” Handpicking hardy corals to save them from warming waters

When Steve Palumbi and a group of scientists arrived in American Samoa in 2017, they saw a grim scene. Acropora hyacinthus, a charismatic coral shaped like large plates, was dying out.

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Toxics

Widely used PVC plastic chemical spurs obesity, prediabetes: Study

Mice exposed in the womb to a chemical used in PVC plastic, door and window frames, blinds, water pipes, and medical devices were more likely to suffer from prediabetes and obesity, according to a study released this week.

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The plastic industry’s fight to keep polluting the world

Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste.

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EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children’s health problems

The EPA rejected a petition by environmental and public health groups to ban a widely used pesticide that has been linked to neurological damage in children, though a federal court said last year there was “no justification” for rejecting the ban.

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Are bioplastics better for the environment than other plastics?

Many people assume all bioplastics are made from plants and can break down completely in the environment. But that's not the case.

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US judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3 million; Bayer still plans to appeal

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said evidence against the former Monsanto Co, which Bayer bought last year, supported the $5.27 million in compensatory damages that a jury awarded Edwin Hardeman. He also said the jury acted reasonably in awarding punitive damages.

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The Thomas fire is terrifying. Fire trends are even more terrifying

Michael Kodas throws a legitimate scare into us.

The plastic industry’s fight to keep polluting the world

Trump seizes on soggy paper straws as campaign issue: 'Make straws great again'

Balancing palm oil and protected forests to conserve orangutans

“A friend is gone:” Handpicking hardy corals to save them from warming waters

Widely used PVC plastic chemical spurs obesity, prediabetes: Study

The plastic industry’s fight to keep polluting the world

EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children’s health problems

Are bioplastics better for the environment than other plastics?

US judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3 million; Bayer still plans to appeal

Nutrient runoff starves corals in the Florida Keys

Too much nitrogen killed off corals in the Keys, and, as reefs suffer around the world, this new research offers lessons learned in Florida that could save other nutrient-loaded corals

Peter Dykstra: Trump’s Midsummer Night’s Hallucination

With his normal Shakespearean aplomb, the president rattles off a list of his green credentials.

How toxic PFAS chemicals could be making their way into food from Pennsylvania farms

The chemicals—linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and ulcerative colitis—have been detected in a type of fertilizer used on farms throughout the state.

EU court confirms BPA as substance of ‘very high concern’

Monoculture farming is not good for bees: Study

Farmers around the world are increasingly relying on pollinators—but not providing the crop diversity bees and other insects need to thrive

A crack in the Great Lakes Compact? Approved water diversion prompts pushback

"The idea that massive water bodies can be permanently transformed is not a fanciful one"

The Thomas fire is terrifying. Fire trends are even more terrifying

Michael Kodas throws a legitimate scare into us.

Too much nitrogen killed off corals in the Keys, and, as reefs suffer around the world, this new research offers lessons learned in Florida that could save other nutrient-loaded corals

With his normal Shakespearean aplomb, the president rattles off a list of his green credentials.

The chemicals—linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and ulcerative colitis—have been detected in a type of fertilizer used on farms throughout the state.

Farmers around the world are increasingly relying on pollinators—but not providing the crop diversity bees and other insects need to thrive

"The idea that massive water bodies can be permanently transformed is not a fanciful one"

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