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Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves
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Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves

Currently there are several efforts to restore mangroves in the island country, as experts recognize the many ecosystem services they provide, including the protection and stabilization of coastlines as human-induced climate change worsens. However, restoration efforts face numerous challenges.

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Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems in Japan
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Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example

Reliant on its fisheries, Japan has long known the importance of maintaining healthy forest watersheds so as to protect coastal fisheries. It’s a lesson other nations could benefit from as the global environmental crisis worsens.
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nature-based climate solutions
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Finding climate fixes in the Boundary Bay marsh

Something as simple as removing driftwood can heal ecosystems and help coastal communities adapt to climate change, say experts.
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Controversial Monterey Bay desalination plant approved
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Controversial Monterey Bay desalination plant approved

California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite ecological risks, high costs and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.
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Texas seawater desalination plant
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EPA may try to block Texas seawater desalination plant in Corpus Christi

Citing water quality concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency may refuse to recognize a permit that Texas approved Thursday for a marine desalination plant at the Port of Corpus Christi.
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wildfires, droughts, floods. coastal habitats
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The Hail Mary hatcheries

As wildfires, droughts, and floods deal a blow to coastal habitats, wild salmon are disappearing from waterways like California’s Russian River. Can conservation hatcheries save endangered runs?
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bahamas blue carbon seagrass mangroves
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Companies can soon start paying the Bahamas to store carbon in the ocean

Seagrass beds and mangrove trees in the Bahamas’ crystal-clear waters may soon be drafted into the fight against climate change.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Supreme Court considers reviving nondelegation doctrine limiting agency power

Supreme Court considers reviving nondelegation doctrine limiting agency power

The Senate race in Nevada pits renewable energy against fossil fuels

The Senate race in Nevada pits renewable energy against fossil fuels

Harris stays vague on her energy policies ahead of the election

Harris stays vague on her energy policies ahead of the election

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Cancer Alley Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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utah forest management cronyism

Utah’s taxpayers foot bill for rancher’s tree-clearing plan