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Pressure builds on Council of Europe to put right to healthy environment in law

Iceland is leading discussions about recognising the right to a healthy environment across the 46 nations of the Council of Europe.

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Highland Council agrees to sign the Edinburgh Declaration on climate change

Highland Councillors have agreed that the local authority will sign the Edinburgh Declaration to underline its commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency it announced in 2019.

Olympia council OKs considering long-term climate funding

The city of Olympia has made it clear that climate change is at the center of its worries. Earlier this month, council members discussed having legislative backing in their fight against climate change as a top priority for this next year.

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Scientists point to climate change as likely cause for Alaska snow crab decline

Even as scientists are still trying to figure out why the Bering Sea snow crab stock crashed in 2021, federal managers are working on a plan to help rebuild it.

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Shortbelly rockfish an example of fishery management under climate change

A small, spiny fish no one wants to catch has started to appear in trawl nets off the Oregon Coast. Shortbelly rockfish are common off California but were rare in Oregon until recently.

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Logan City turning human waste into energy in move to go carbon neutral within two years

Queensland's Logan City is the first local government area in Australia to turn human waste into energy after trialling a state-of-the-art gasification plant at the Loganholme Waste Water Treatment plant.

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Gov. Walz signs executive order on climate change

Minnesota's Democratic Governor Tim Walz says the time of waiting and debating are over, and action on climate change is needed.

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