Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Photo is the author’s own. A Los Angeles Times feature seconded that, reporting that climate change “has been one of the park’s biggest challenges in recent years, undermining the concept of Yosemite as a refuge where nature prevails unaffected by man-made forces.” Photo is the author’s own.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

It was the site for one of the most iconic climate policy photos. The photo went viral and made clear the threat from rising sea levels to low-lying island nations. Nasheed was deposed in a coup for unrelated reasons a few years after the photo.)

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 25, 2023

Trees and green infrastructure have the potential to have a big impact within a community–including on human well-being and the environment according to a new video about the Greening Research in Tacoma project (GRIT). Photo: Hannah Letinich That would mean planting a million trees.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2024

Photo credit: Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Where can you find more than 1,200 ecologists from more than 45 countries around the world to share exciting research results in the cold month of December (in the northern hemisphere)? Photo credit: Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald The first plenary on Wednesday morning was given by Isabella Tree.

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The Applied Ecologist

MARCH 29, 2022

Feature photo edited from © Martin Laurenceau In their latest Perspective, Morgane Brosse and colleagues delve into the impact of human efforts to reduce or mitigate climate change, its effects on alpine freshwater environments and the role of specific management and policy decisions in determining the nature of these impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

FBP would treat fluids from the hydraulic fracturing process used to extract natural gas. Radioactive TENORM EPA’s response will focus on radionuclides in the form of TENORM (Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material). The phone line will be staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 17, 2022

Emily Howe, aquatic ecologist at The Nature Conservancy, takes us outside to Port Susan Bay where she studies estuaries—the marshy areas that exists between where the land meets the sea. “ ” — Dr. Emily Howe, Aquatic Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy. Dr. Dr. Emily Howe, Aquatic Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 8, 2024

Humans rarely have the opportunity to glimpse into the everyday lives of wildlife, but a small camera set up on a nearby tree gave us a window into their secret lives. Many of these cameras and pictures together can shed light onto patterns in the lives and interactions of animals in the forest, including the impact of humans.

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

“Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court” by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The principle is best encapsulated in the idea of ‘crimes against humanity’: a crime which, wherever committed, is a crime against the whole human race. Ecocide would be the fifth.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 1, 2023

by Dr. Ailene Ettinger, Quantitative Ecologist, Coda Fellow, Natural Climate Solutions Prototyping Network My eyes burned with sweat as I peered up at the blazing sun, wondering how much hotter it was going to get. Photo: Ailene EttingerTNC. Photo: Ailene EttingerTNC. Photo: Ailene EttingerTNC.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr. The most emblematic decision came from the Federal Supreme Court, the highest Court in the Brazilian legal system, which ruled in July 2022 that the Paris Agreement is a human rights treaty. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

CBF is deeply appreciative and supportive of the work Dr. Zeshan Ismat has done in her community, making connecting to nature and land stewardship more accessible,” said Carla Eissing, CBF Grassroots Manager in Pennsylvania. Our identity is tied to our land and if that connection is strained the community can suffer,” Dr. Ismat said.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 24, 2021

Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue. Drought, like a hurricane, tornado, or earthquake, is a potentially dangerous natural hazard. Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue. People can bankrupt a water system just as much as nature can. So that makes it a very unusual phenomenon in the human experience.”.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

See Photos Here - Read more here. See Photos Here - Read more here. For example, the article points out radioactive radium is a naturally occurring metal, but a known hazard to human health, with a primary drinking water standard of 5 pCi/L and an industrial wastewater discharge standard of 60 pCi/L.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field and George L Reade 1 storage well in November 2022. Photo: The Rager Mountain release from space from Environmental Defense Fund.) Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 25, 2021

Photo by Mark X via Unsplash. We love rainbows and nature produces great ones! NATURE DOESN’T JUDGE US. Photo on the left by Nina Hall. Photo on the right by Diogo Fagundes via Unsplash. Photo by Kristy Kravchenko via Unsplash. Photo by Dusan Veverkolog via Unsplash. NATURE’S DESIGN SENSE.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Photo © B.C. Natural hazards earlier this year set the stage for disaster. It might be the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history. Natural hazards earlier this year set the stage for disaster. Each event hits before humans and the natural environment have time to regain their footing, compounding the damage.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If it feel s like weather-related natural disasters are occurring more frequently , that’s because they are. AP Photo/Tim Aylen) T he link between weather disasters and climate change is complicated. First, it is important to acknowledge that natural disasters are a human phenomena caused by the accumulation of assets (e.g.,

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2023

Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue Contaminated drinking water More than 11 billion pounds of nitrogen fertilizer are spread on American corn fields each year. The fouling of the waterways poses a direct threat to human health. The blog’s author was Chris Jones, a top water quality researcher.

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Frontiers

MARCH 13, 2023

By Lee G Irons , Norfolk Institute, and Morgan A Irons , Cornell University Photo of Lee and Morgan, Credit: Lee Irons and Morgan Irons Is human migration into space inevitable? Is it based on facts, or is it based upon a belief in human exceptionalism? Accomplishing the development of such capability is known as terraforming.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Agricultural and ecological drought events that used to occur, on average, every 10 years are already 70 percent more frequent than they would be absent human influence. The report stated unequivocally, for the first time, that climate change is occurring due to “human influence,” namely the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Photo © EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid / Flickr Creative Commons. The deadly clashes reflect heightened competition over natural resources in an area experiencing rapid environmental change. Climate change has made rainfall in the Sahel more variable, straining Cameroon’s agriculture industry and sparking ethnic tensions.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Photo credit: sk8mama, Flickr. Those costs are high and come in lots of different forms: disaster-related risks to human health and life, lost property, interference with coastal infrastructure, and disruption of coastal economies and ecosystems. Imperial Beach is one of many California communities vulnerable to sea level rise.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 18, 2024

Tiehm’s buckwheat photo by Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity A couple hundred miles north of the Las Vegas strip at Rhyolite Ridge you’ll find a dusty yellow wildflower called Tiehm’s buckwheat that grows nowhere else in the world. Villalobos focused on human rights.“They transition to cleaner energy.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

It is located north of Wrightsville and the Route 30 bridge and is adjacent to the Conservancy’s Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve in the Hellam Hills Conservation Area. The area to be acquired by the Conservancy is historically known as Roundtop.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 26, 2021

Did you grab a snapshot of an adorable sea critter in its natural habitat? Whether it’s a brand-new image from a recent getaway or a memorable snap from a past snorkeling trip, we would love to see the ocean photos you’ve got to share. Once the submission period ends, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite photos, too.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. Photo by Murtala Abdullahi. Climate change and human activity are driving desertification, a form of land degradation which leads to vegetation loss and fewer water sources. . Photo by Kunle Adebajo.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2022

Without even accounting for future highway widening and all the sprawl development that will come with it, the project would destroy around 1000 hectares (nearly 2,500 acres) of significant natural areas, including Greenbelt land and the Nashville Conservation Reserve. Photo by James Diedrick via Flickr Creative Commons. Bank Swallow.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 15, 2021

We’re proud of the work we’re doing to help people and nature thrive in Washington. No link but photo. Forest restoration work in Cle Elum – Front page of local paper. © TNC/Courtney Baxter

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2021

Photo © NASA Johnson. Regulating water contamination and collecting pollution data is made difficult by the Ili River’s transboundary nature. . Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue. Viewed from space, the Balkhash drainage basin resembles a shape of life: many thin blue veins, flowing towards their heart.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 23, 2023

by Grace Lee Kang Illustration by Erica Simek Sloniker / The Nature Conservancy. Drones have emerged as a groundbreaking tool extending our reach beyond the limits of human exploration. Photo: Michael Case The Nature Conservancy. Photo: The Nature Conservancy Michael Case. Photo: Michael Case.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Federal Water Tap, January 30 — Valuing Nature: White House Publishes Natural Capital Accounting Strategy The Lead The nearly 17 million acres of sprawling conifers, montane wildlife, fjords and waterways known as Tongass National Forest were granted federal protections this week by the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

Unconventional shale gas drillers have notified DEP under this program they are cleaning up soil and water contaminated with carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic and other chemicals harmful to human health and aquatic life found in drilling wastewater and other waste at approximately 272 locations across Pennsylvania. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

See Photos Here - Read more here. See Photos Here - Read more here. Take Photos and Videos And Call DEP at 1-800-541-2050 to report this illegal activity or Click Here to report online and upload photos. Hess reminds visitors not to put themselves in danger trying to get photos and videos of this illegal activity.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Toxic runoff from our roads and highways enter our waterways when it rains in the form of stormwater, harming wildlife and human health. Runoff passes through a series of natural filters to bioswales and raingardens below. Photo by Courtney Baxter/TNC. Banner photo: Aurora Bridge Bioswale by Courtney Baxter/TNC.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Photo © Richard Webb / Wikimedia Commons. But as the market grows, some urge caution before using wastewater to create renewable natural gas. Utilities can use this energy to power their own treatment works, or they can sell it back to the grid as renewable natural gas (RNG) or electricity. million metric tons. How It Works.

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