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Exclusive: Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says
SAO PAULO, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to curbing climate change, according to an analysis provided to Reuters. The analysis by the nonprofit Amazon Conservation’s MAAP forest…
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Hunters urged to use non-lead ammunition
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – Hunters are reminded they can help keep lead out of the environment. When hunters kill deer or other animals, often the ammunition is made with lead. When the bullet hits the animal, it breaks into pieces and often those pieces of lead are left behind once a hunter takes the…
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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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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…