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Trump budget would undo conservation gains on farms and ranches
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Trump budget would undo conservation gains on farms and ranches

Funding for farm conservation programs would be slashed by $13 billion over 10 years, impacting the environment and farmers alike.
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“Earth’s beating heart”: 12 coastal-themed books to help kids grow in their understanding and empathy
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“Earth’s beating heart”: 12 coastal-themed books to help kids grow in their understanding and empathy

From the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the smallest bioluminescent organism to the biggest whales, this season’s selections take readers through the world’s oceans and introduce them to a range of incredible species.
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The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s national crusade against climate action

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is shaping laws, running influence campaigns and taking legal action in a bid to promote fossil fuels.
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Clamshells face the acid test
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Clamshells face the acid test

As acidification threatens shellfish along North America’s Pacific Coast, Indigenous sea gardens offer solutions.   
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The world's insurance bill from natural disasters this year: $115 billion
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The world's insurance bill from natural disasters this year: $115 billion

That’s 42 percent higher than the 10-year average according to Swiss Re, the Zurich-based reinsurance giant.
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McEachin's death revives push for vote on EJ bill
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McEachin's death revives push for vote on EJ bill

Colleagues are urging a vote on a landmark environmental justice bill, which was championed by Rep. Donald McEachin, who died last week.

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UK, Germany, France on pace for their hottest year on record
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UK, Germany, France on pace for their hottest year on record

Following a summer marked by devastating heat waves, the UK, Germany, and France are on track for their hottest year on record, weather officials say.

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Addressing climate change will not "save the planet"
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Addressing climate change will not "save the planet"

The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species.
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EU’s new climate change plan will cause biodiversity loss and deforestation: Analysis

In a plan full of sustainable efforts, the incentivizing of biomass burning has climate experts concerned.

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Op-ed: It’s time to re-think the United Nations’ COP climate negotiations

Instead of focusing on negotiations, let the main event be information sharing, financing and partnerships that produce faster technological change.

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Op-ed: What the media gets wrong about the new world population numbers

The last time that we lived within the productivity limits of our planet was about 50 years ago — that is a problem.

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Peter Dykstra: Journalists I’m thankful for

My third annual list of the over-achieving and under-thanked.

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A new analysis shows a “crisis” of male reproductive health

Global average sperm count is declining at a quicker pace than previously known, chemical exposure is a suspected culprit.

WATCH: The latest evidence of widespread sperm count decline

WATCH: The latest evidence of widespread sperm count decline

"Pregnant women, and men planning to conceive a pregnancy, have a responsibility to protect the reproductive health of the offspring they are creating."

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