Environment
Sunrise special: Solar eclipse thrills world’s northern tier
June 10, 2021It was the first eclipse of the sun visible from North America since August 2017, when a dramatic total solar eclipse crisscrossed the U.S. The next one is coming up in 2024.
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Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump
June 9, 2021Habitat destruction drives the biodiversity crisis and what scientists refer to as the Earth's 6th great mass or Anthropocene extinction, driven by human activity. Environmentalists applaud the Biden administration's "America the Beautiful" 30 by 30 Conservation...
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76 nations sign the Plastic Pollution Declaration
June 8, 2021Oceans Day Plastic Pollution Declaration.
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Activists protest as Enbridge accelerates pipeline construction
June 7, 2021If completed, the pipeline would have the capacity to carry more than 750,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to Wisconsin.
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Will partisan politics squelch the strongest water advocate in Southern California?
June 4, 2021Climate change remains a thing and Los Angeles remains governed, as always, with intense political maneuverings surrounding that most vital elixir of them all—water.
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