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Mar 30, 2018 12:17PM
With the loss of 73.4 million acres of tree cover globally in 2016, annual tree-planting programs like Arbor Day in the U.S. and more massive tree-planting programs like those in Brazil, India and New Zealand are sorely needed.
The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget again calls on Congress to lift long-standing prohibitions on the destruction and slaughter of wild horses and burros.
Feb 28, 2018 12:10PM
The first floating wind farm in the UK, Hywind in Scotland, will have a 30-megawatt capacity to provide clean energy to 20,000 homes.
The Sweet Potato Project, a collaborative venture in St. Louis, trains at-risk youth in culinary, business, horticulture and restaurant skills.
The world’s biggest economies provide four times more public financing for fossil fuels than for renewable energies.
Jan 31, 2018 12:39PM
For a few hours last May, Germany’s renewable mix of energy generated so much power that customers were actually paid for using electricity.
Greenpeace is working with the European Union and Germany to set aside an Antarctic sanctuary of almost three-quarters of a million square miles to protect whales, penguins and other wildlife.
The agriculture giant’s newest weed-killer, dicamba, is facing opposition from farmers that report crop damage and human health issues.
Dec 29, 2017 01:37PM
An innovative Australian project recycles discarded ocean plastic into 3-D printer filament, which is then used to make replacement plumbing parts in needy areas of the world.
Dec 29, 2017 01:36PM
Tree cover works to reduce depression, improve productivity and lessen disease, yet four million city trees a year are being lost due to their low priority in municipal budgets.
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