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Policy News: October 7, 2019
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8.10.2019 |
EcoTone |
| In This Issue: Senate Spending Bills Include Modest Increase for NSF, Interior Agencies NSF receives 3% increase. States Challenge New Endangered Species Act Regulations in Courts House Natural Resources Committee pushes a bill to reverse regulations; Congressional Western Caucus releases draft legislation to codify the new rules. Newest IPCC Report Highlights ‘Unprecedented and Enduring Changes ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Diversity]
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[flenvcenter :: Forestry]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Biodiversity]
[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Endangered Species]
[flenvcenter :: Deforestation]
[flenvcenter :: Species Conservation]
[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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A Beautiful World: When the last butterfly flaps its wings
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7.10.2019 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice |
| A scientist who studies the rarest butterflies has advice for people who’d like to help save them. |
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[newstrust :: Conservation Efforts]
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[irge304 :: Conservation Efforts]
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[flenvcenter :: Birds]
[flenvcenter :: Species Loss]
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Giving away free buckwheat plants to help save the butterflies in Orange County
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4.10.2019 |
Los Angeles Times - Living Green |
| What's happening on So Cal's gardening scene? How about smart landscaping ideas and four giveaways of California native buckwheat seedlings to support endangered butterfly species |
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[flenvcenter :: Plants]
[flenvcenter :: Birds]
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It's fall, which means it's prime plant sale time in Southern California
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4.10.2019 |
Los Angeles Times - Living Green |
| Fall is the best time to plant in SoCal, so check out these upcoming plant sales. |
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Small strips of nature in just the right places can keep plants from going extinct
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27.9.2019 |
LA Times: Science |
| Improving habitat connectivity may be a powerful tool for restoring lost plant biodiversity in fragmented ecosystems, a nearly two-decade study shows. |
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[demo :: Housing]
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EPA reportedly threatens to cut California's highway funding over Clean Air Act 'failure'
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24.9.2019 |
LA Times: Environment |
| Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler wrote to the California Air Resources Board that the state "has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act" since the 1970s, according to a letter obtained by the Sacramento Bee. |
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Can the gene editing technology CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide?
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20.9.2019 |
GreenBiz.com |
Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right. |
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[flenvcenter :: Species Conservation]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Local Food Systems]
[flenvcenter :: Biodiversity]
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A Big New Study Finds Bee-Killing Pesticides Aren’t Even Worth it for Soybean Farmers
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14.9.2019 |
Mother Jones |
| Ever year, farmers in the United States devote at least 80 million acres, a combined landmass three-quarters the size of California, to soybeans. At least half the crop comes from proprietary seeds coated with insecticides and fungicides. These chemicals infuse the plants as they emerge, protecting them from damage by insects and fungal pathogens. At […] |
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Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Ant Venom Biofuel
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9.9.2019 |
Newsweek Top Stories |
| The prototype was found to be highly efficient at producing formic acid—a promising fuel carrier that could revolutionize hydrogen cars. |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
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[sattva_1 :: energy]
[sattva_1 :: climate]
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[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[irge304 :: Biofuel]
[demo :: Biofuel]
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What Is Graphene? Here's What We Know About The Material Scientists Think Can Repel Insects Just Like A Spray
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31.8.2019 |
Newsweek Top Stories |
| A high-tech, graphene-based film may help to shield people from disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
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[newstrust :: Hazardous Waste]
[irge304 :: Hazardous Waste]
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Behold the Biggest, Rarest Butterfly in the World
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18.8.2019 |
Mother Jones |
| This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s butterflies are under intense pressure from habitat destruction and other environmental threats, with many populations dwindling rapidly and others vanishing before our eyes. One recent study found an estimated 33 percent decline in common butterflies in Ohio from 1996 to […] |
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Big buzz about program to turn lawns into pollinator habitat
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16.8.2019 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice |
| There's high demand for a new program to encourage Minnesota homeowners to replace part of their lawn with native plants that provide food and shelter for bees and other insects. |
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EDF and TOMS Partner to Help Save the Monarch Butterfly
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8.8.2019 |
Main Feed - Environmental Defense |
| EDF and TOMS Partner to Help Save the Monarch Butterfly |
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[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
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Policy News: July 29, 2019
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29.7.2019 |
EcoTone |
| In This Issue: 104th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America convenes in Louisville, KY Meeting plenaries and symposia explore the meeting theme “Bridging Communities and Ecosystems: Inclusion as an Ecological Imperative.” Honeybees in the Crosshairs EPA affirms the use of the pesticides chlorpyrifos and sulfoxaflor. Congress White House, Congressional leaders reach an agreement ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Ethanol]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
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Monarch butterfly blitz needs citizen scientists
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28.7.2019 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice |
Scientists are looking for volunteers to collect observational data about monarch butterflies over the next week. The data will help inform decisions about where to focus efforts to help the dwindling monarch population. |
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Pollinators & predators in your garden: How to save one, kill the other
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17.7.2019 |
Los Angeles Times - Living Green |
| Pollinators play an important role in our ecosystem. Here's how to care for them while getting rid of the predators in your garden, like dreaded stink bugs. |
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[irge304 :: Conservation Efforts]
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Policy News: July 15, 2019
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16.7.2019 |
EcoTone |
| In This Issue: Foreign Influence and Collaborations Under Scrutiny in Agencies and in the House National Defense Authorization Act NSF issues ‘Dear Colleague’ letter addressing foreign interference in research. Congress House passes 2020 National Defense Authorization Act including and foreign interference in science provision. Executive Branch A White House plan to critically review climate science ... |
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Trump Stings Honeybees While They’re Down
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13.7.2019 |
Mother Jones |
| Bees are in a world of trouble right now. A few years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency took some steps to protect the insects by limiting the use of an insecticide called sulfoxaflor. Made by Corteva, the agricultural arm of DowDupont, sulfoxaflor is “highly toxic to bees and other pollinating insects,” and it also appears […] |
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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EPA lets farmers resume broadly using pesticide that can hurt bees
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13.7.2019 |
LA Times: Business |
| The Environmental Protection Agency will let farmers resume broad use of a pesticide over beekeepers’ objections, citing private chemical industry studies that the agency says show the product does only lower-level harm to bees and wildlife. Friday’s EPA announcement — coming after the agriculture...  |
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Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?
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25.6.2019 |
LA Times: Science |
Genetic engineering could help save chestnuts and other trees threatened by pests, disease and climate change. But how much we should intervene in nature? |
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[demo :: GE GM Agriculture]
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[newstrust :: Agriculture]
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[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Agriculture]
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[flenvcenter :: Fungi]
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