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Biden Thwarts Trump And Blocks Mining Road, Oil Drilling In Alaska - Huffington Post  (Apr 19) |
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Apr 19 · President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday safeguarded millions of acres in Alaska from fossil fuel drilling and mining - the latest in a frenzy of environmental actions in recent weeks that have drawn praise from green groups and condemnation from industry and Republican lawmakers. The Interior Department finalized a rule that bars oil and gas development across more than 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Established in 1923, the 23 million-acre reserve is the largest tract of federal land in the country and home to vast oil and gas deposits. Interior also moved to block construction of the Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile ... Read more ... |
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Biologists Rescue Sawfish As Dozens Of Ancient Animals Die For Unknown Reasons - Huffington Post  (Apr 13) |
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Apr 13 · ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A large sawfish that showed signs of distress was rescued by wildlife officials in the Florida Keys, where more than three dozen of the ancient and endangered fish have died for unexplained reasons in recent months. The 11-foot (3.3-meter) smalltooth sawfish was seen swimming in circles near Cudjoe Key and reported by a member of the public to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officials said Friday. It was loaded onto a specially designed transport trailer and taken to Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, where it is being rehabilitated. The unprecedented rescue of an animal like this is part of an “emergency response” led ... Read more ... |
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Critics Shred Chris Sununu Over His 'Truly Sad' Trump 180: 'All The More Pitiful' - Huffington Post  (Apr 15) |
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Apr 15 · New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who was recently a staunch critic of Donald Trump, changed his tune on the former president as he backed his 2024 campaign in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. “No other president in American history has contributed to an insurrection so please explain, given the fact that you believe he contributed to an insurrection, how you can say we should have him back in the Oval Office,” Stephanopoulos asked on ABC News’ “This Week.” “Because for me it’s not about him as much as it is having a Republican administration ...,” said Sununu, who predicted that Trump wouldn’t be the 2024 GOP presidential nominee but didn’t ... Read more ... |
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Iran Fires At Suspected Israeli Attack Drones Near Isfahan Air Base And Nuclear Site - Huffington Post  (Apr 18) |
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Apr 18 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones, which were suspected to be part of an Israeli attack in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel attacked, and the Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment. However, tensions have been high since the Saturday assault on Israel amid its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its own strikes targeting Iran in Syria. United States officials declined to comment as of early Friday, ... Read more ... |
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Joe Biden Just Made It More Expensive To Drill On Public Lands - Huffington Post  (Apr 12) |
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Apr 12 · President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday finalized a new rule to modernize the long-outdated federal oil and gas leasing program. The Interior Department rule significantly increases how much energy companies must pay to lease and drill on federal lands, and it gives federal land managers greater authority to keep fossil fuel development away from sensitive wildlife habitats and cultural sites. The reforms “will help safeguard the health of our public lands and nearby communities for generations to come,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “These are the most significant reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing ... Read more ... |
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New Documents Reveal A GOP Senate Candidate’s Blatant Lies - Huffington Post  (Apr 16) |
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Apr 16 · Montana businessman Tim Sheehy built his aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace, on certain scientific realities - namely that global climate change is real and driving more extreme wildfires. He even touted it as a leader in the fight against planet-warming emissions. But when it came time to campaign for the U.S. Senate, the GOP hopeful quickly embraced partisan talking points on climate, repeatedly railing against what he calls the “climate cult” and “radical environmentalists,” while blaming the growing wildfire threat exclusively on forest mismanagement. And while the Trump-endorsed MAGA conservative flipped his script on climate, his company continues to ... Read more ... |
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New Photos Show Just How Bad Mass Coral Bleaching Is On The Great Barrier Reef - Huffington Post  (Apr 18) |
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Apr 18 · Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing one of the most extensive and serious coral bleaching events in recorded history after a summer of extreme temperatures and oceanic heat effectively cooked the delicate corals that make up the iconic structure. The Australian Institute of Marine Science recently completed an intensive, large-scale survey of the reef, which is a system of about 3,000 individual reefs that stretches nearly 1,500 miles along the coastline. For the first time, extreme levels of bleaching have been seen along all regions of the Great Barrier and around 75% of the reefs surveyed showed signs of prevalent bleaching. Aerial photos released Wednesday ... Read more ... |
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New Report Details Just How Quickly Europe Is Warming - Huffington Post  (Apr 22) |
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Apr 22 · NAPLES, Italy (AP) - Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s climate agency, Copernicus, said in a joint report the continent has the opportunity to develop targeted strategies to speed up the transition to renewable resources like wind, solar and hydroelectric power in response to the effects of climate change. The continent generated 43% of its electricity from renewable resources last year, up ... Read more ... |
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Owner Of New York City’s Defunct Nuclear Plant Sues The State - Huffington Post  (Apr 18) |
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Apr 18 · The company that owns the shuttered nuclear plant that once provided the bulk of New York City’s zero-carbon electricity is suing the state over a law passed last year specifically to block the Indian Point power station from carrying out routine releases of treated wastewater into the Hudson River, HuffPost has learned. Virtually every nuclear power plant all over the world releases tiny volumes of a radioactive isotope known as tritium from its cooling water into surrounding waterways. Unlike the long-lasting and dangerous radioisotopes that form during the atom-splitting process, tritium ? an isotope of hydrogen ? laces into water, making it almost impossible to extract. ... Read more ... |
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RFK Jr. Denounced By Environmental Colleagues, Urged To End Campaign - Huffington Post  (Apr 19) |
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Apr 19 · Environmentalists who once worked with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are calling on him to drop his presidential bid, The New York Times was first to report Friday, while a number of green organizations are also denouncing the independent candidate for his anti-science beliefs. The push for Kennedy to exit the 2024 race comes from his ex-colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council, whose political arm is planning to run full-page newspaper ads in six swing states next week. Kennedy had served as a senior attorney at the climate advocacy group for around 28 years. The ads describe his campaign as benefiting presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, “the single worst ... Read more ... |
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The 10 Books That Scientists Say Can Make A Difference In The Climate Crisis - Huffington Post  (Apr 11) |
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Apr 11 · The climate crisis can often feel terrifying and, like any effort to slow its progression, utterly futile. But before you resolve yourself to complete apathy, many environmental scientists have a more optimistic view of things - and, more importantly, comprehensive plans of action that anyone and everyone should take. I reached out to a couple of environmental agencies to find out which books can not only educate readers on climate change but spur us into action, effectively taking one step towards a more hospitable future for all. Scientists, conservationists and other environment experts from groups like The Nature Conservancy helped compile the following list of ... Read more ... |
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Trump Cancels Rally Due To Weather, Proving The Difficulty Of Balancing Trial And Campaign - Huffington Post  (Apr 20) |
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Apr 20 · WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Donald Trump had to cancel his first planned rally since the start of his criminal hush money trial because of a storm Saturday evening in North Carolina, an added complication that highlights the difficulty the former president faces in juggling his legal troubles with his rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump called into the rally site near the Wilmington airport less than an hour before he was scheduled to take the stage and apologized to a few thousand supporters who had gathered throughout the afternoon under initially sunny skies that later darkened with storm clouds. Speaking from his private plane, Trump cited lightning and the ... Read more ... |
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