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Environmental Impact of Dredging: Balancing Progress and Conservation
Dredging is vital for maintaining navigable waterways, supporting maritime trade, and removing contaminated sediments. However, it can disrupt ecosystems through increased turbidity, contaminant release, and habitat destruction. As a result, responsible management is needed to strike a balance between enabling economic progress through dredging and preserving the environment. Image Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com What Is Dredging Used…
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Gennaro gets look at QC’s research
Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Hillcrest) returned to his old stomping grounds at Queens College last Friday afternoon as he visited the school’s Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment. During his visit — to which the Chronicle was exclusively invited — the Council Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts chair got a closer look…
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Shades of REDD+Reforming the International Financial Systems to Value High-Integrity Forests
19 October 2023 | Next week, the Republic of the Congo will host the Three Basins Summit of the Amazon – Congo – Borneo – Mekong – Southeast Asia tropical forest basins. These three basins account for 80 percent of the world’s tropical forests, which house two-thirds of terrestrial biodiversity and play an essential role…
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Biden-Harris Administration Advances Long-Term Planning Efforts to
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today announced next steps in the formal process to develop future operating guidelines and strategies to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River system and strengthen water security in the West. The guidelines under development would be implemented in 2027, replacing the 2007…
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Haunani Kane Is Inspiring The Next Generation Of Hawaiian Scientists
The geologist, educator and voyager is tackling climate challenges with community-based solutions. Like most kids in Hawaii, Haunani Kane grew up going to the beach nearly every day near her family home on Oahu’s windward side. More than sand castles and surf sessions, her childhood on the beach instilled a knowledge of place. And it…
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Conservation Commission signs off on Parker Harding redesign
An architectural drawing of what redesigned Parker Harding Plaza might look like. By Thane Grauel WESTPORT — The Parker Harding Plaza redesign was approved Wednesday night by the Conservation Commission. It’s the latest in a series of approvals, but the town’s major land-use and funding bodies have yet to vet the plan, which has been…
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Wings of Change: World Migratory Birds Day 2023 – Experts call for bird habitat conservation
Mr. Danish Rashdi, Head IUCN Karachi Programme Office delivering the keynote speech noted that Mangroves and migratory birds play a crucial role in Pakistan’s coastal ecosystems. Mangroves act as a natural barrier against coastal erosion and provide essential breeding and feeding grounds for various marine species, contributing to the livelihoods of coastal communities. They also…
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USDA heeds groups’ call on climate-smart ag
Last December, I wrote about the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) request for input on how the agency’s regulations, policies, forms, or program processes should be modified and/or streamlined to increase benefits achievable by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Earlier in 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the IRA, which included $20 billion…
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Study: Despite armed conflicts, Indigenous lands have better environment quality
Global biodiversity hotspots, which cover only 2.4% of the Earth’s land, have witnessed more than 80% of armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000, some of which continue even today. Armed conflicts, driven by various factors, result in big losses for biodiversity and impact Indigenous ways of life. A new study finds four-fifths of these armed…
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Learn some tips for energy efficiency and energy conservation
Gov. Jim Pillen signed a proclamation on Friday, Oct. 6, recognizing October as Energy Awareness Month. Energy Awareness Month aims to highlight the importance of energy efficiency and energy conservation. Energy efficiency is using technology that requires less energy to perform the same function and energy conservation is any behavior that results in the use…