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Florida grasshopper sparrow will probably go extinct. A conservation effort may be the last hope

Birds bred in captivity have been freed. Biologists are waiting to see whether they will mate with the wild species.

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Louisiana brown pelicans nesting site restored after BP oil spill

Louisiana has lost more than half its brown pelican colonies in the past decade. Using fines from the spill, an important island habitat gets a makeover.

Impacts

Norwegians are building boutique hotels for threatened Arctic birds

A changing ecosystem is driving nesting kittiwakes out of their habitat and into coastal Norwegian towns. Can “Kittiwake hotels” help these gulls and humans co-exist?

Solutions

Accidental bird deaths no longer prosecuted under Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Changes to the implementation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act take away the threat of penalties, at a time when bird numbers are plummeting.

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bird habitat

Florida grasshopper sparrow will probably go extinct. A conservation effort may be the last hope

Louisiana brown pelicans nesting site restored after BP oil spill

Norwegians are building boutique hotels for threatened Arctic birds

Accidental bird deaths no longer prosecuted under Migratory Bird Treaty Act

New international carbon tax on shipping is significant, but falls short of climate goals

Tankers shipping U.S. LNG emit more greenhouse gases than all the country's electric cars can offset

UK pilot tests carbon removal by drawing CO2 from seawater instead of air

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Pope Francis, who used faith and science to call out the climate crisis, dies at 88