Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2024

Ahab manipulates the crew with disinformation and enticements of personal wealth. Repeatedly, Ahab conjures fabulous lies to shroud his personal passion for vengeance. The story culminates in a confrontation with the whale that, unlike business as usual, was fatal for Ahab and nearly all of his crew. We can do much better.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As Circle of Blue searches for fresh writers to join The Stream’s editorial team, you may notice a gap in our coverage. Read the story. . Read the story. . In South Africa, a flood caused a mine dam wall to collapse, killing one person and injuring dozens more. Read the story. Read the story. Read the story.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Recent stories in the New York Times ’ groundwater investigation series have highlighted growing concern for the global loss of groundwater, which has finally begun to raise awareness of the need for critical changes in how we are using our groundwater. Historically in California, unlimited groundwater pumping has been the norm.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 16, 2023

We often talk about the problems plaguing Lake Erie, but behind all those facts and figures, we know there are deep personal connections to Lake Erie and that’s a huge part of what makes the lake so special. On August 16th, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories!

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 11, 2024

It wasn’t until years later, when she was covering a story as a television journalist, that she began to understand the context of why her town, and other towns like it, were at a high risk of flooding and denied the resources to combat it. She had certainly never heard the term ‘environmental racism’ or ‘racial topography.’

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 5, 2024

Read the full story from Pace University. Cosmetics are personal care products that many will admit they simply cannot live without. However, the products we use every day may have negative impacts on our health, both physical and mental, and on our environment.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 16, 2024

After the volcano erupted, DeAnne produced a show for Portland’s Town Hall program that allowed those affected by the eruption to come together and tell their stories. Since this experience, three values have followed DeAnne throughout her career: connecting with people, telling their stories, and making her community stronger.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper The Sentinels of the Susquehanna: Volume 2 paperback book is now available in person or online, featuring a wide variety of important river topics via locally written articles, columns and investigative reports. Click Here to read more.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The town crystallizes difficult truths of climate adaptation: that safety requires constant vigilance and, often, immense personal sacrifice. We planned on staying there the rest of our lives.” But behind the town’s successes lie personal sacrifice. Everybody has a story. You have a story, I have a story.

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Cleannovate

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But it didn’t take me long to notice the personal struggles the driver was going through. The disagreement was that our driver had swerved infront of his motorcycle nearly hitting him. On the other hand, our driver stuck out his hand angrily counter-accusing the cyclist. All this was happening in the midst of a mini jam.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

There’s a flip side to that story: the need to remember how much others have contributed to our own lives. I’ve come to think that the holiday season is the perfect time to remind ourselves of those gifts and their importance to our lives. It’s heartwarming, if also a bit corny.

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Eco Coach

APRIL 14, 2021

This will serve as guidelines - then it’s your turn to think of the topic and craft your story: What is storytelling? Stories, or anecdotes as they are sometimes called, can be used to help people identify with an issue you're talking about. We all respond better when we hear personal stories versus just facts about an issue.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2024

They can also shape the public perception and awareness of the most pressing issues of our time, such as the climate crisis. The study focuses on tracking the level of representation of the climate crisis in scripted entertainment, that is, stories that are not necessarily documentaries or reality shows.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2022

We often talk about the problems plaguing Lake Erie, but behind all those facts and figures, we know there are deep personal connections to Lake Erie and that’s a huge part of what makes the lake so special. Story and image by Colin Boyd Shafer). On August 31st, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories!

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here you’ll find our list of six easy and affordable, yet meaningful, actions to get you started. No one person can do it all or save the day. And the chance to protect our beautiful, amazing planet, full of every person we love and every home we know, is absolutely worth fighting for. We get our power from you!

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

BMP Success Stories Across the Pennsylvania landscape, the implementation of agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) provides a critical opportunity for fostering environmental stewardship and supporting Pennsylvanian agriculture. Have a story to share? Click Here to sign up for your own copy (bottom of page).

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Washington Nature

JUNE 23, 2021

In the midst of a pandemic and at the start of a potentially divisive water adjudication that was stalling our collaborative work to develop a plan that supported salmon recovery, maintained farm viability and reduced flood risk, a cheery call from Courtney at The Nature Conservancy came. “Do Our team did it together. We have no fish.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Now, however, our newest exhibition Life Onto Land: The Devonian will offer the rare opportunity to get up close and personal not only with this phenomenal specimen, but also with the amazing people behind the story.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Photo credit: Frontiers Women in Science Our Women in Science blog continues to showcase the diverse stories and achievements of women researchers from various fields. Each blog post also reveals the personal journeys of the women, including their key learnings, major challenges, and useful tips for future generations.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

He was the second Black person to receive a Ph.D Joseph recounts a stunning story about his first contact with Dr. Washington at a meeting of climate modelers in the 1990s. At the same time, we must redouble our efforts to ensure that they do not remain isolated exceptions in a sea of white faces. Download as PDF.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 26, 2024

The group gathered on January 11 on Capitol Hill to share their stories with members of Congress in a briefing hosted by the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition ( SEEC ) and organized with the support of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and its members. There are programs and funding sources,” Garnett said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Black History Month, for me, has always been a time to celebrate Black people, and our contributions to society. Some of my earliest heroes were scientists and technical experts who have made notable achievements in our fields through theories, inventions, discoveries, and advocacy for the disenfranchised.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Influenced by this distinct ecology and history, The Pine Barrens Project explores our cultural and creative relationship with the natural world, one that we will need to continue fostering to maintain a healthy and habitable planet.?. The Pine Barrens Project explores our cultural and creative relationship with the natural world.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

But 3 other news stories about the benefits, and growing pains, of e-bikes show there’s real interest in them as a climate solution. In late June, Maria Galluci wrote this great first-person piece about riding a cargo bike around New York, called “Driving less may be as easy as riding a bike – a big electric one” for Canary Media.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 24, 2022

It continues a trend of recent summers that saw record flooding, major hurricanes, and severe wildfires unlike what many of us can remember from our lifetimes. Stories about remarkable weather events have been retold through the ages. This summer, also known as danger season , already has seen record heat waves, drought, and floods.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

Sometimes telling a story is the best way to explain an idea. This is the story of Allensworth, California, and its wonderful community leaders. Instead, residents of agricultural disadvantaged communities, like Allensworth, pay with their health, while all Californians pay with our taxpayer money. I mean, NOTHING.”

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While everything is connected to our ecosystems, and our oceans and rainforests are essential, people are most impacted and vital. Rising temperatures impact agriculture, farmers, and our food systems. People feel disillusioned and discouraged by the state of our world.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This in-person event will be moderated by Uytae Lee of CBC’s Stories About Here, and will bring together community experts and interested members of the public to discuss how we can build a clean and equitable transportation future. Discussion from 10 am to noon.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 30, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to enter your photographs and vote for your favorites during our 2021 Photo Contest this summer. Love our content? Our Judge’s Choice winner was selected by our esteemed panel of judges and our category winners were selected by YOU, our voters. Sign up to never miss an update!

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Physics World

JULY 23, 2021

When an event is labelled as a “play/ experience/ installation/ horror story”, it’s hard not to be intrigued. The event in question is The Mirror Trap , a one-person online show that took place in June as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival. Similarly, illusions demonstrate that our senses are not infallible even on our own scale.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Join Penn State Master Gardener Kevin Kelly as he tells his story of incrementally transforming his one-third acre suburban garden, with an abundance of non-native and some invasive plants, into a diverse, functioning landscape more suited to provide habitat for the declining insects, birds, and wildlife that share our planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

But even if you don’t know someone personally who has died on the job, you can be sure someone has who provided you, your family, and community with the goods and services you needed, wanted, or relied on this past year. Our fight for the living is as important as ever. Too many worker deaths. Here’s what the data tell us.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

In addition to providing continuing education for arborists, urban foresters, and other green industry professionals, the in-person meeting will include networking opportunities and a trade show. All sessions of the symposium have CEUs assigned for ISA Certified Arborists and pesticide credits are being offered for a number of sessions.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2021

But behind all those facts and figures, we know there are deep personal connections to Lake Erie and that’s a huge part of what makes the lake so special. On August 25, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories! We love taking our kids for a family walk to visit beautiful Lake Erie.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 28, 2021

The goal of our mutual project seemed simple enough: We would work side-by-side (both virtually and in-person) to create a touchscreen for the Pribilof Islands that would include information, pictures, stories and history related to the people and ecosystems surrounding the remote Pribilof Islands, St.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

The Rachel Carson State Office building was selected since it had a covered ledge 15 stories above the ground. Personal Connection The DEP/DCNR headquarters building was named after Rachel Carson in 1995, in part because of the personal connection DEP Secretary James Seif had to her. Read more here. By James M.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

No personal information is required, and drop-off boxes are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Pennsylvania State Police urges the public to take advantage of our free, convenient prescription drug drop-off boxes in the lobbies of 65 of our stations,” said Colonel Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner.

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