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Germany introduces national water strategy as climate change forces action

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday agreed on a national water strategy aimed at coping with long dry seasons and heatwaves caused by climate change to ensure water security in Europe's biggest economy in future.

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Scientists grow sea stars in lab to understand mass die-off along Pacific Coast

A few hours from Seattle at a location that can only be reached by boat, marine scientists at University of Washington's Friday Harbor lab are breeding and studying endangered sunflower sea stars following a massive die-off over the past decade.
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To save salmon, U.S. approves largest dam removal in history

A U.S. agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal undertaking in U.S. history.
On New Zealand farm, scientists reduce cow burps to save the world
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On New Zealand farm, scientists reduce cow burps to save the world

More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions.
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Drought-hit Kenyan herders save wildlife - and their livelihoods

Kenyan farmers are converting some of the farmland into sustainably managed rangeland to create a wildlife conservancy where cattle and wild animals can co-exist and eco-tourism provides jobs for local people.

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EU backslides on U.N. biodiversity conservation goal, Eurostat says

The European Union progressed towards most of the United Nations' sustainable development goals over the last five years, but took a step back on the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, the bloc's statistics office says.

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In Chablis vineyards, fear grows that destructive frosts may become the norm

Chablis is a very dry white wine that is produced only in the Yonne region of Burgundy due to the area's specific climate. But volumes could now be under pressure as the emergence of mild weather early in the year followed by a spring frost, previously unusual, looks to becoming a recurrent trend.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Butterfly populations in the U.S. are plummeting, study finds

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Trump officials push for expanded natural gas exports in Louisiana

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Fossil fuel companies use lawsuits to stall climate action

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Major U.S. banks drop out of climate pledge, raising calls for regulation

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EPA urges White House to eliminate key climate rule

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UN climate talks face tensions over timing of next major report and U.S. withdrawal

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Fossil fuel industry ramps up political spending as investigations stall

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EPA reinstates dozens of environmental justice staff