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The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy

“To this day, the Farm Bureau does not acknowledge the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming caused by human activities is a reality and that it poses grave risks to agriculture.” The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy Home The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and …

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THE SURPRISING CONNECTION BETWEEN WEST COAST FIRES AND THE VOLATILE CHEMICALS TAINTING AMERICA’S DRINKING WATER

“Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including benzene, residents were warned, could be seeping into the water system — just as the toxic chemicals did in Santa Rosa and Paradise, California, in the wake of wildfires in 2017 and 2018.” ENSISA:THE SURPRISING CONNECTION BETWEEN WEST COAST FIRES AND THE VOLATILE CHEMICALS TAINTING AMERICA’S DRINKING WATER Manufactured substances …

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World’s Biggest Iceberg on Collision Course With Antarctic Penguin Refuge

“If they have to do a big detour, it means they’re not going to get back to their young in time to prevent them starving to death in the interim.” World’s Biggest Iceberg on Collision Course With Antarctic Penguin Refuge Countdown to oblivion: Penguins are among the species under threat by a massive iceberg heading …

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Trump Administration Accused of Trying to Bully Banks Into Financing Arctic Fossil Fuel Extraction

“Contrary to the claims of oil-backed politicians, banks don’t want to finance more drilling in the Arctic not because of some vast liberal conspiracy, but because it’s bad business…. No amount of saber-rattling in the final days of the Trump administration is going to change the fact that Arctic drilling is a risky investment that any …

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Mother Jones: Count on Biden to Restore the National Monuments Trump Trashed

“Nature provides our life support system—food, shelter, medicine, clean air and water,” Udall said. “The threats to our natural world are in fact threats to humanity.” Count on Biden to Restore the National Monuments Trump Trashed He’s also vowed to designate new ones. CHRIS D’ANGELO Trees line a low-lying gulch about the Grand Staircase-Escalante National …

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Best Type of Forest for CO2 Storage Depends on Location and Climate, Study Finds

“The study proved how it would be detrimental to cut large trees on public lands in the Pacific Northwest.” Best Type of Forest for CO2 Storage Depends on Location and Climate, Study Finds by  Carly Nairn  Nov. 17, 2020 11:23AM EST Sunrise in Redwood National Park in California. HadelProductions / E+ / Getty Images A new study from scientists …

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