New research about sunscreen's damaging effects on coral reefs suggests that you might want to think twice before slathering it on.
Reports about the harmful environmental effects of certain chemicals in the water have been circulated for years, but according to the authors of a new study released...
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Many people in coastal communities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean depend on the natural resources provided by reefs for their livelihoods. Ensuring proper management of the reefs is vital for the economic and environmental health of the region, but there ...
The World Resources Institute produced the report in close collaboration with the USAID-funded Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP). Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle was adapted from WRI’s 2011 global analysis of threats to coral reefs, Reefs at Risk Revisited, and supplemented wit...
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HIGH-ETHANOL GAS TO BE SOLD
YEAR-ROUND
WASHINGTON » President Donald Trump will allow year-round sales of renewable fuel
with blends of 15 percent ethanol as part of an emerging deal to make changes to the
fede...
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Pentagon revised report from Obama era to remove climate change references
By Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan The Washington Post
WASHINGTON» Internal changes to a draft Defense Department report de-emphasized the threats climate change poses t...
The World Added Nearly 30 Percent More Solar Energy Capacity in 2017
The global solar market grew 29.3 percent last year, with nations installing 98.9 gigawatts of new capacity, according to data from the industry group SolarPower Europe. While more capacity was installed in 2017, the g...
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HIGH-ETHANOL GAS TO BE SOLD YEAR-ROUND
WASHINGTON » President Donald Trump will allow year-round sales of renewable fuel with
blends of 15 percent ethanol as part of an emerging deal to make changes to the federal
ethan...
Six former high-ranking employees and a former contractor for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. say in court documents that Colorado’s largest energy driller put profits over safety, creating massive risks before a leaking company pipeline caused a fatal home explosion in Firestone in April 2017.
The statem...
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WATER ISSUES
NOAA: Outlook grim for Colorado River
By Dan Elliott
The Associated Press
The outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim this summer after April storms failed to produce much snow in the mountains th...
By Jason Scott
April 28, 2018, 8:51 PM MDT
From
Largest living structure is under siege from climate change
Conservationists say planned coal mine will exacerbate damage.
The Great Barrier Reef is being given a A$500 million ($379 million) boost by Australia in the battle to...
BRUSSELS » The European Union made a key breakthrough Friday to ban pesticides that harm bees and their crop pollination.
The 28 member states got a large majority, representing some three-quarters of its population, backing the ban on the three prevalent neonicotinoid pesticides, which will t...
Negotiators face daunting task working out fine print to fulfil pledge to limit global warming at well under 2 deg C
PARIS • Front-line negotiators from more than 190 nations gathering for climate talks in Bonn tomorrow face a daunting task: bring the 2015 Paris Agreement to life The world's o...
Countries around the world are living up to their promises to take climate action, according to new research which reveals that each one of the 197 countries currently signed up to the Paris Agreement now has at least one national climate law or policy in place.
The study, released today by the Lon...
Google has joined Apple in a growing chorus of tech giants coming out in support of the Clean Power Plan. The company filed a statement with the Environmental Protection Agency, which it has since shared with TechCrunch, supporting the Obama-era legislation.
The legislation, which sought to...
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/#close
Trump administration’s tumultuous first year has brought a flurry of changes—both realized and anticipated—to U.S. environmental policy. Many of the actions roll back Obama-era policies that aimed to curb c...
The search for offshore oil begins with a boom.
Before the oil rigs arrive and the boring begins, operators need to fire intense seismic blasts repeatedly into the ocean to find oil deposits.
For decades, environmental rules that protected whales and other marine life from this cacophony have limi...
By Stephen StapczynskiBloomberg News
When Damien Maguire moved to the countryside outside Dublin, he struggled to keep the lights on at home because of the town’s constant power outages. He found a solution inside his electric cars: their batteries.
A tinkerer who posts videos of his hand-buil...
Good Life Guide, The Denver Post, April 18, 2018
As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day April 22nd, test your knowledge of plastic's effect on the planet.
1. How long can it take for a plastic bag to decompose in the ocean? 5 yrs, 10 yrs, 15 yrs, 20 Yrs
2. How much water is ...
Every April 22, those passionate about restoring and preserving the planet’s health commemorate Earth Day, which was first recognized in 1970.
By late 1969, the United States had borne both the fruits and negative impacts of the industrial development and the Industrial Revolution, said Earth Day N...
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Whale species’ mating songs are as complex as jazz
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post
In the ocean videos we’ve become accustomed to, the sounds of the sea are fairly simple: the whoosh of bubbles as a shark darts after a seal, ...
