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Will U.S. Push on Seabed Mining End Global Consensus on Oceans?

May 8, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

President Trump’s recent order to expedite permits to begin deep-sea mining bypasses international agreements that protect oceans. By moving unilaterally, says the Ocean Conservancy’s Jeff Watters, the U.S. could endanger fragile marine ecosystems and set a troubling precedent. Read more [...]

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Public Lands at Risk as Congress Looks for Ways to Raise Revenue

May 8, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

Americans could be locked out of thousands of acres of public lands if this proposal is signed into law SIERRA-Lindsey Thu, 2025-05-08 05:00 The entrance to a Bureau of Land Management field office in Barstow, California. | Photo by LPETTET/iStock Lindsey [...]

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Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts

May 7, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said. --- An Environmental Protection Agency [...]

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Greenpeace Statement on Drone Bombing of the Conscience Aid Ship

May 7, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

Greenpeace strongly condemns the drone attack on the Conscience, an humanitarian vessel carrying aid to Gaza. We call on all governments and international bodies to ensure the Conscience is… --- Amsterdam, Netherlands – Greenpeace strongly condemns the drone attack on the [...]

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Why we must still dare to dream of an inclusive world for all

May 7, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

However, I strongly believe that social movements have evolved in ways that even if we take two steps back, we will take an even bigger step forward. --- As a diversity and inclusion professional, I have been often confronted with questions [...]

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Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive

May 7, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

By 2028, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory forecasts that U.S. data centers could use as much as 12% of the nation's electricity. The reason: generative AI. Since 2022, AI innovation by four leading tech companies — Google, Microsoft, Meta and [...]

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4 Materials That Are Extremely Difficult To Recycle

May 7, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Some materials are extremely difficult to recycle and present unique challenges to green initiatives. Here are four materials you should be aware of. Read the full article: 4 Materials That Are Extremely Difficult To Recycle --- Some materials are extremely difficult to [...]

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Grizzlies Could Make a Comeback in California, New Study Suggests

May 7, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

At the time of the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, grizzly bears numbered as many as 10,000. In the following years, the iconic carnivores were entirely eradicated, with the last one seen wandering alone in Sequoia National Park [...]

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Democratic States Sue Trump for Blocking New Wind Energy Projects

May 7, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Democratic attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court to attempt to block President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend permitting and leasing of new wind energy projects. Plaintiffs say [...]

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Five Bridges and a Hummingbird: Manhattan’s Ecological Oasis

May 6, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

Cities may not seem like places full of natural wonder, but if you know where to look, life indeed abounds SIERRA-Julia Tue, 2025-05-06 02:00 Laurie McDowell spots a red-tailed hawk through his binoculars against the Manhattan skyline. | Photo by Molly [...]

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