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Ignoring Threat of Rising Seas, Trump Eliminates Flood Risk Standards

Flood in Florida

Bolivian Prez Calls Trump's America "Main Threat to Mother Earth and Life Itself"

Jon Queally, staff writer

As the United Nations this week warned the world's ocean are " under threat as never before " from global warming and other human activity, Bolivian President Evo Morales took direct aim at President Donald Trump by saying his decision to withdraw from Paris climate agreement proves the United States is now the "main threat to mother Earth and...

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This Is What It Will Look Like When New Orleans, New York City, and Mar-A-Lago Disappear Under Rising Seas

Nika Knight, staff writer

A new report shows that many previous estimates of global sea level rise by...

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'Unconscionable': Trump Looks to Gut Protections for National Monuments

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered federal officials to launch a...

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Wilder Fires and Rising Waters, Climate Impacts Coming to America's Door

Great Barrier Reef Faces 'Terminal' Stage in Climate Change Fight

Win for Whales, Dolphins as Obama Rejects Explosive Blasting for Oil

Offshore oil rig

'We Never Learn': Oil Platform Caught Fire in Gulf of Mexico

Dead table corals killed by bleaching on Zenith Reef, on the Northern Great Barrier Reef, November 2016.

'The Coral Was Cooked': 2016 Deadliest Year on Record for Great Barrier Reef

'There Is Shame In All This': Naomi Klein Voices Rage as Reef Disappears

The Skeena River, in British Columbia

First Nations, Conservation Groups Sue to Block Massive LNG Project in BC

In Day of Action, Activists Demand Obama Cancel Oil Leases in Gulf

Humans Are Overfishing the Oceans Into 'Unprecedented' Mass Extinction

Humans Have Pushed Oceans to Their Absolute Limit, Warns Report

As Hermine Strengthens, Experts Warn Climate Change Could Worsen Effects

Win for Climate Protection as Obama Creates World's Biggest Marine Sanctuary

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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Breaking Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Portend Higher than Expected, Longer Term Contribution to Global Sea Level Rise

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Published Study Identifies When Hundreds of Coastal Communities Will Face Inundation, Possible Retreat

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Officials Push for Atlantic Oil Exploration Using Harmful Seismic Blasting

Oceana

Trump Administration Gets One Step Closer to Approving Seismic Airgun Blasting off East Coast

Food & Water Watch

Building Pipelines in Pennsylvania to Make Plastics in Scotland?

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Responds to Bumble Bee Guilty Plea on Canned Tuna Price Fixing

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