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California Coast Acidifying Twice as Fast as World’s Oceans, Study Shows

“While the ocean has served a very important role in mitigating climate change by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere, there’s a capacity at which the ocean can’t absorb anymore,” NOAA’s Emily Osborne, one of the lead authors on the study, told the LA Times. “From this study, and so many other published studies, there’s no …

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EcoWatch: #FindYourPark and Kick Off National Park Week With a Free Visit Saturday

#FindYourPark and Kick Off National Park Week With a Free Visit Saturday Olivia Rosane Apr. 18, 2019 06:54AM EST Adventure Mike Taube / Getty Images If you are looking for something to do this Easter weekend, why not visit your nearest national park? All sites run by the National Park Service (NPS) will be free …

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How the Government Shutdown Could Impact the Nation’s Environment

How the Government Shutdown Could Impact the Nation’s Environment A partial government shutdown continued for a third day Monday as legislators left the capital for the holidays, CNBC reported Monday. The shutdown is due to an impasse between President Donald Trump and Congress over $5 billion in funding for Trump’s border wall, a construction project …

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Church of England to Divest From Companies That Neglect Paris Agreement Goals

Eco Watch Reports: Church of England to Divest From Companies That Neglect Paris Agreement Goals  The Church of England will divest its $16 billion fund from companies that are not aligning themselves with the goals of the Paris agreement, church officials announced Sunday. As reported by UPI: The new policy would assess how well a …

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Environmentalists and Farmers Seek Court Decision Halting Use of Dow’s ‘Agent Orange’ Pesticide

“More than half a million people submitted comments to EPA urging the agency to reject Dow’s plan to sell Enlist Duo. U.S. National Cancer Institute scientists highlighted 2,4-D specifically as associated with a two- to eight-fold increases in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization classified 2,4-D as …

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