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Concern as carbon offset partnership plants pines in biodiversity hotspots
Pines being planted in South Marlborough by an Air New Zealand partnership with energy companies are the wrong trees in the wrong place, say biodiversity experts. Air New Zealand, Contact Energy, Genesis Energy, and Z Energy are partners in Dryland Carbon, which has planted about 10,000 hectares of steep, economically marginal farmland in radiata pine,…
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Concern as carbon offset partnership plants pines in biodiversity hotspots
Pines being planted in South Marlborough by an Air New Zealand partnership with energy companies are the wrong trees in the wrong place, say biodiversity experts. Air New Zealand, Contact Energy, Genesis Energy, and Z Energy are partners in Dryland Carbon, which has planted about 10,000 hectares of steep, economically marginal farmland in radiata pine,…
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Environmentalists Urge Gov. Hochul to Stop Expansion of Multi-State Fracked Gas Pipeline
Environmental groups see the expansion project as a step backward in honoring the state’s landmark 2019 climate law, which seeks to move away from fossil fuels and guarantee that 70 percent of New York’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources by 2030. Courtesy Courtney Williams Activists in Peekskill, NY rallying against the pipeline expansion. Over…
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Environmentalists Urge Gov. Hochul to Stop Expansion of Multi-State Fracked Gas Pipeline
Environmental groups see the expansion project as a step backward in honoring the state’s landmark 2019 climate law, which seeks to move away from fossil fuels and guarantee that 70 percent of New York’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources by 2030. Courtesy Courtney Williams Activists in Peekskill, NY rallying against the pipeline expansion. Over…
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Curlew numbers rising as conservation targets are being met
Efforts to save the curlew from extinction in Ireland are working, according to the annual report of the Curlew Conservation Programme. The curlew is a large native wading bird, with long legs and a long down-curved bill. It was once synonymous with the Irish landscape, its shrill cries inspiring the poetry of WB Yeats, among…
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Curlew numbers rising as conservation targets are being met
Efforts to save the curlew from extinction in Ireland are working, according to the annual report of the Curlew Conservation Programme. The curlew is a large native wading bird, with long legs and a long down-curved bill. It was once synonymous with the Irish landscape, its shrill cries inspiring the poetry of WB Yeats, among…
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Hiker dies near Rainbow Falls in Keene, New York
A hiker from Queens died while visiting Rainbow Falls in Keene last week, according to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers.Officials said the person was a 49-year-old from Astoria but did not provide further identifying information.Troopers from Ray Brook Dispatch received a notification from a beacon on Sawteeth Mountain that CPR was…
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Hiker dies near Rainbow Falls in Keene, New York
A hiker from Queens died while visiting Rainbow Falls in Keene last week, according to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers.Officials said the person was a 49-year-old from Astoria but did not provide further identifying information.Troopers from Ray Brook Dispatch received a notification from a beacon on Sawteeth Mountain that CPR was…
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Axolotl Conservation Campaign Promotes ‘Virtual Adoptions’ for Holiday Gifts
A critically endangered axolotl. Paul Starosta / Stone / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. On the hunt for the perfect holiday gift for someone special in your life?…
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Axolotl Conservation Campaign Promotes ‘Virtual Adoptions’ for Holiday Gifts
A critically endangered axolotl. Paul Starosta / Stone / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. On the hunt for the perfect holiday gift for someone special in your life?…