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RTeport: Loons likely to disappear from Minnesota due to climate change
This article discusses why Loons are likely to disappear from Minnesota due to climate change, new report warns. Minnesota is one of the country’s fastest-warming states, largely because of its northern location and warming winters.
Minnesota could lose its beloved state bird in coming decades if humans don’t stall climate change […]
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‘We know they aren’t feeding’: fears for polar bears over shrinking Arctic ice
This The Guardian article discusses how melting ice is threatening the existence of polar bears. Expert Steven Amstrup says ‘the longer the sea ice is gone from the productive zone the tougher it is on the bears’.
The loss of Arctic ice from glaciers, polar land and sea […]
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Study: Climate Change Is Decimating Mojave Desert Birds
This article discusses how climate change is decimating Mojave Desert birds.
We found out last year that hotter, drier weather due to climate change is likely causing bird populations in the Mojave Desert to collapse at an alarming rate. A new study published today suggests one […]
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Facing uncertain future, puffins adapt to survive climate change
This Daily Climate article discusses whether puffins will be able to adapt and survive climate change. Their fate remains heavily in the hands of humans.
There are now 1,300 breeding pairs of puffins on several islands in Maine. They are a significant source of revenue in the state’s $6.2 billion […]
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Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Endangered Species Act Rule Changes
This Inside Climate News article discusses the lawsuit filed by certain environmental groups to block Trump’s Endangered Species Act rule changes. The changes make it harder to take future risks from climate change into account and bring economics into the picture when determining protections for species.
Eight environmental organizations launched the […]
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Three articles on Trump’s plan to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act
The NY Times opinion piece discusses The Species Act, Endangered: ‘Like a Plan From a Cartoon Villain’. The president and his Interior Department undermine the landmark Endangered Species Act in the service of “energy dominance.” In early May, a United Nations panel on biodiversity released a deeply troubling 1,500-page
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EarthJustice Newsletter, 8/18/2019
This EarthJustice newsletter addressed the following topics this week:
Why the Endangered Species Act rollback is a bad idea
The man who’s attacking endangered species
Our looming extinction crisis
Six animals saved by the Endangered Species Act
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Mountain Valley Pipeline
This Sierra Club article discusses a new lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The petition for review of the project was filed with the Fourth […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline – 2 articles
This Blue Virginia article discusses the Mountain Valley Pipeline and an “Emergency Authorization” request to prevent a life threatening landslide. In July, this bloated corporate criminal – MVP is under criminal investigation by the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Roanoke – sent out a crew to survey a portion […]
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Study: Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides
This National Geographic article discusses why insects are being driven to extinction. Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides. Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
America’s agricultural […]
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