Miami-Dade aims to significantly cut waste to landfills as they reach capacity

“There is value in trash”

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Michigan Supreme Court Squashes Plan to Update Line 5 Pipeline

In a win for opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline, the Michigan Supreme Court vacated a key permit last week for a proposed project that would replace a segment of the pipeline running underneath an environmentally-sensitive area of the Great Lakes, finding that a state commission did not examine the full scope of possible harm to the environment. Following the 6-1 decision, the justices remanded the permit back to the Michigan Public Service Commission for a more thorough review, which likely extends the timeline for a decision on a project that’s already been mired in legal and procedural hurdles for years. Enbridge Energy received the permit in 2023 for its proposal to replace a segment of the oil and natural gas liquids pipeline — which connects lakes Michigan and Huron via the Straits of Mackinac — with a new one encased in a tunnel buried in the lakebed. Environmental groups and tribal nations appealed the decision, landing the case before the state’s highest court this year. Writing for a nearly unanimous court in a 58-page opinion, Justice Elizabeth Welch said that the commission didn’t consider the full range of potential environmental harms, nor did it look at how the...

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How marinas can do their part to keep Wisconsin waterways clean

As boating season gets underway, environmental leaders are asking boaters and marina owners to help keep waterways clean.

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The Real Meaning of El-Sayed's Victory

It's not what you're hearing

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Canopy-mediated climate feedbacks in the boreal continuous permafrost zone - Nature Climate Change

Soil carbon stocks are greater than biomass carbon in boreal forests. This study shows that tree canopies thermally protect more carbon in permafrost from thaw than is stored in biomass, highlighting ...

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Senators push for passage of wildfire, disaster bills

A bipartisan group of lawmakers discussed ways of advancing a host of legislation.

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The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

New data shows that forest fires are getting worse, burning more than twice as much tree cover today as they did 20 years ago, largely due to climate change.

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification:  Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms:  Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...

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Promoting avian diversity in cities requires multiple parks with variable features - Nature Cities

Birds are iconic and valued users of urban parks. An assessment of 935 parks across 186 US cities shows that a range of park features across multiple parks are needed to broadly support avian diversit...

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Suitable areas for the Endangered Black-fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga as identified by conservation planning | Bird Conservation International | Cambridge Core

Suitable areas for the Endangered Black-fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga as identified by conservation planning - Volume 36

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Socioeconomic and demographic vulnerabilities as primary determinants of heat-related mortality in the U.S

Socioeconomic and demographic vulnerabilities as primary determinants of heat-related mortality in the U.S, Narayanan, Anuska, Keellings, David, Quintero-Lopez, Catalina

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JBS, World’s Largest Meat Producer, Ditches Net-Zero

JBS, the world's largest meatpacking and factory farming company, scrapped its net zero by 2040 target earlier this month.

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War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon

Mission accomplished

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Wildfire destroys about 230 homes in western Canadian Indigenous community, officials say

A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed about 230 homes in an Indigenous community in western Canada. The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band says the Bradley Creek wildfire devastated much of the reserve ...

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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’

New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude

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Scientists sail to Greenland to study melting ice sheets

A Cambridge scientist is leading the pioneering study into the impact of melting glaciers on our oceans.

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Thayara S. Carrasco | What do fossils teach us about conservation and ecological restoration?

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post author Thayara S. Carrasco – a a postdoc at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, explores the paper “Long-term changes in functional div…

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Plankton | Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership

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From Truth to Fake: The Threat of AI to Media Archives - eBird

As AI becomes commonplace, what you see in a photograph may no longer represent reality. Learn about how this impacts eBird and what you can do to help.

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Record-wet July in the north - but Svalbard surprises

Northern Norway was drenched in rain and cold, while Svalbard set a July record. See where the weather stood out the most.

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Polhavet / Arctic Ocean 2050 - Norce

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Why a cold, wet Arctic summer feels like a relief

As Europe burns, this commentary asks why Northern Norway’s bleak summer may be the weather to be grateful for.

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Why is the Mediterranean so vulnerable to invasive species?

Scientists have designated the Mediterranean as a climate change “hot spot” – and warming waters are bringing aggressive new alien species.

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