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Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'
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As Fires Rage in World's Largest Rainforest, NASA Warns 'Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A fire burns in brazil
One scientist said that "if this continues, the forest may no longer be able to sustain itself," which would seriously hamper efforts to limit global temperature rise and avert climate catastrophe.
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'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
People cycle as the sun sets on Lake Shinji in Matsue, Shimane prefecture on July 25, 2008.
"Just awful, what gruesome harm we are inflicting on the environment."
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Scientists Demand 'Paradigm Shift' After Study Shows 'Frightening' Decline of Insects and Spiders
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"A decline on that scale over a period of just 10 years came as a complete...
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'A Real Movement Boost': Sam Waterston and Jane Fonda Among Those Arrested Demanding Green New Deal in DC
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To Combat Dishonest Marketing, New 'Farm vs. Factory' Website Contrasts Industrial and Sustainable Agriculture
The Zackenberg valley in Northeast Greenland, summer 2018 - huge amounts of snow still covered the ground in late June, where the snow-covered season usually is coming to an end. (Photo: Lars Holst Hansen)
In Twist of Climate Crisis, Study Finds Extreme Arctic Snowfall in 2018 Caused Near 'Complete Reproductive Failure of Plants and Animals'
'An Ecological Abomination': Trump Moves to Open Largest Protected Forest in US to Logging Industry
Study Predicts 'Frightening Future' for North American Birds, With Two-Thirds of Species Extinct by 2100 If Earth Warms More Than 1.5 Degrees
Two American bald eagles are perched on a nesting stand at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
17 States File Suit to Stop Trump Administration's Crippling of Endangered Species Act
UN Climate Report on Oceans, Frozen Regions Warns 'Unprecedented Transitions in All Aspects of Society' Needed to Sustain Life on Earth
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilians Blast Bolsonaro's UN Speech Denying Amazon Devastation as a Total 'Scam'
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Video Featuring Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot Details Magical Solution to Climate Crisis: Nature
New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World
Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Neonics May Be Killing Birds Too
"It is inappropriate for EPA to solely rely on industry studies to justify bringing sulfoxaflor back into our farm fields," said Michele Colopy of the Pollinator Stewardship Council, a party to the suit. "Die-offs of tens of thousands of bee colonies continue to occur and sulfoxaflor plays a huge role in this problem. EPA is harming not just the beekeepers, their livelihood, and bees, but the nation’s food system." (Photo: Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging 'Illegal' Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide, GE Crop Uses on National Wildlife Refuges
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Trump Administration Denies Protection to Six More Imperiled Species
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Trump Administration Exacerbates Extinction Crisis
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Fossil Fuels Have to Go Now or Food Production Will Be Impacted, IPCC Land Report Confirms
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