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Your Environment This Week: Sustainable pottery, Maize-based ethanol, Waterbirds adapt
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. Unlocking sustainable ways to manufacture locks Recycling car scraps to manufacture locks helps…
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From beats to conservation: Exploring the role of artists in environmental justice
Policies, Movements, & Music While science is generally thought to have a significant influence on public policy, art can also have a significant impact on raising awareness of certain issues and facilitating the creation of both in-person and virtual movements. The Black Lives Matter movement was one of the most recent well-known movements that was…
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Heritage senior’s environment/conservation interest blooms into state award
BROADLANDS — Gwen Happ is on a mission to educate the public about conservation and the plants native to this area of the world. The Heritage High School senior, president of her FFA chapter, took home top honors in the State FFA Environmental Science Proficiency Competition. She competed with her record book that included her…
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Conservation and Environmental Justice Groups File Administrative Appeal of Suncor Water Permit
Denver, CO — Conservation and environmental justice groups on Friday filed an administrative appeal challenging aspects of the Suncor refinery’s Clean Water Act discharge permit. Groups argue that the permit, which was issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in March, sets a PFAS limit which is too high, has inadequate PFAS…
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Environment & Conservation: Your Earth Day Lesson Plan
Created in 1970, we celebrate Earth Day each year on April 22 as a way to remind people to support the planet and protect our environment from harmful habits, behaviors, and patterns like pollution and climate change. We’ve curated a collection of videos, articles, and other interactive activities to help you create an Earth Day…
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This land is my land, dammit
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Google “America’s Best Idea” and you’ll find there’s a clear frontrunner: our national parks. The United States has 63 now, including southern swamps and deep mountain canyons and forests of saguaro cacti, a collection of beloved landscapes that…
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USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available for Conservation and Climate-Smart Ag
Courtesy USDA/NRCS Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an historic $1.5 billion was being made available in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting project proposals until July 2, 2024 through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). This will help farmers, ranchers, and…
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Department of Environmental Conservation announces new podcast
NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) launched a new podcast, “DEC Does What?!’. Each episode will feature conversations with DEC experts about the agency’s wide-ranging efforts to protect New Yorkers and the environment, said a press release announcing the podcast. The first episode of “DEC Does What?!” is streaming…
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Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’
It sounds like a set-up for an ecological horror film – to save one species of owl, US wildlife officials want to shoot down half a million of its cousins. The federal government’s latest proposal to save the endangered spotted owls has raised complicated questions about the ethics of killing one species to save another,…
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Estate gift will ensure new opportunities in environmental science, conservation
Terrence Ingram’s lifelong passion for nature propelled him through a celebrated career in conservationism that spanned more than 60 years. Now, his recent estate gift to the UW-Platteville Foundation will ensure opportunities for the next generation of students to continue his work in this field. Ingram graduated from UW-Platteville in 1961. While his degrees were…