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Our Staff Maryland/DC
Trustees Officers Elizabeth Lewis, ChairManaging Director and Head of ESG, BlackstoneWashington, DC Roger Ballentine, Nominating and Governance Committee Co-chairPresident, Green Strategies Inc.Bethesda, MD Amy Boebel, Trustee Legacy AmbassadorSculptorBaltimore, MD Pier LaFarge, Nominating and Governance Committee Co-chairCo-founder and CEO, SparkfundWashington, DC Board Members George AshtonCEO, Candide GroupRockville, MD Walter Boynton, Ph.D., Trustee EmeritusEstuarine EcologistPrince Frederick, MD Mark Collins, Trustee…
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Your Environment This Week: biologist influencers, Kashmir’s wild edibles, climate change affects yak breeding
This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest high quality, original video stories from nature’s frontline in India. To receive a weekly email roundup of stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. Climate change affects mating in yaks; breeding season shifts The yak is adapted…
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Tennessee officials are worried about wetlands. Here’s why.
Tennessee officials are worried about wetlands. Here’s why. | <!– window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag(‘js’, new Date()); gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-39704135-1’); –> <!– –> <!– –> August 9, 2024 On Air – 90.3 WPLN-FM
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Conservation group challenges NT fracking project
Conservation groups in the Northern Territory are challenging the approval of the territory’s largest fracking proposal. NT Environment and Energy Minister Kate Worden approved natural gas company Tamboran Resources’ application for gas exploration permits in the Beetaloo Basin in May. But the territory’s peak conservation body, the Environment Centre NT, will on Friday aim to…
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VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation
Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz as her running mate this week, pictures of the Minnesota governor began to spread across social media—of Walz holding a piglet, of Walz on thrill rides at the state fair, of Walz and his rescue dog. All of it coalesces into an image of a guy…
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Tennessee creates new office for ‘outdoor recreation’
Tennessee creates new office for ‘outdoor recreation’ <!– window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag(‘js’, new Date()); gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-39704135-1’); –> <!– –> <!– –> August 8, 2024 On Air – 90.3 WPLN-FM
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The Role of Student Activism in Environmental Conservation
Student activism has a long history, making a big difference in causes such as civil rights, anti-war protests but lately, perhaps due to the challenges we face in the area of environmental conservation, a growing number of students are speaking up and taking action. With the challenge of climate change, pollution, lack of food, and…
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Seaweed Farming Helps Environment and Economy in California’s Humboldt Bay
Everything is connected. When a wasting disease began decimating the sunflower sea star population along California’s coastline in 2013, sea urchins — a main food source of sea stars — took over. Unusual ocean warming beginning in 2014 combined with “urchin barrens” on the ocean floor — which suffocated the nutrient cycle — have reduced…
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Cisco: How Technology Is Being Used To Help Support Environmental Conservation
By Stacey Faucett NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 6, 2024 / A new study in the scientific journal Science shows that environmental conservation is needed to help slow and potentially reverse biodiversity loss, “They found that more than half of the time, conservation actions had a net positive effect but did not necessarily stop…
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Tennessee to look for ‘alternative’ funding after missing out on federal pollution reduction grant
After striking out on its bid to secure sustainability grant funding from the federal government, Tennessee is searching for other funding sources to power the state’s first comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Tennessee sought $95 million for community-scale electric vehicle, solar energy and composting projects in addition to a $393 million coalition grant…
