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I work on environmental issues, mainly plastic pollution. I have worked in the environmental field since 2011. I currently have several colleagues out on burnout leave. Which is a combo in some cases of dealing with too much work, not enough funding or...
by LokiMom
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Sympoesis Despite the widely inaccurate view that we live in or on an environment and must therefore protect what we depend on, we are made up of environments (4 billion years worth of co-evolving associations, living and non-living) and moreover,...
by Campion
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on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 01:19 PM PST
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Many people have complained that the climate actions I propose do not solve the problem of climate change. They are correct, nothing we do will “fix the climate” at this point. What we can do, however, is improve the chances that life, even human life,...
by Gardening Toad
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on Sat Oct 28, 2023 at 04:53 AM PDT
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There is a guest editorial in The NY Times by Claire Cameron (Link through the paywall): We Thought We Were Saving the Planet but We Were Planting a Time Bomb Cameron, like many Canadians, once spent a summer working for the forestry industry...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 05:01 PM PDT
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— — — — — — — — Disclaimer :� the following response text was generated by AI Search Engine:� https://phind.com The AI search engine for developers . Made with ❤️ in San ...
by jamess
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on Sat Feb 25, 2023 at 09:07 AM PST
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For our Daily Bucket today: the latest in my intermittent local news series. October 2022 NEWS FROM THE SALISH SEA, PACIFIC NORTHWEST The Salish Sea is a bioregion in western North America, composed of an inland waterway, many islands, and the...
by OceanDiver
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on Sat Oct 15, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Our forests are under existential threat from climate change, and the federal response is confused, misinformed and disorganized. There’s not enough time to waste making more mistakes. We need to wake up, listen to the right scientists, change our...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Jun 13, 2022 at 12:05 PM PDT
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Chico, CA. In 2014, the Groundwater Sustainability Act was signed by Governor Jerry Brown to provide groundwater protection in California. But the same industrial agricultural barons are gaming the groundwater basins just as they are gaming the surface...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Feb 22, 2022 at 06:32 PM PST
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I like reading my local newspaper, (online edition), the Wichita Eagle. The Tuesday edition had a nice story about climate change: eedition.kansas.com/… That link takes you to the latest edition. I can navigate to back issues, but, since I pay $220 per...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Fri Dec 31, 2021 at 06:00 AM PST
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Friday Harbor, Washington: It surprises people to learn that there’s a population of red foxes on remote San Juan Island, up in the northwestern-most corner of the Lower 48 states. They’re not a ...
by David Neiwert
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on Fri Dec 31, 2021 at 07:00 PM PST
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This will be a bit of ramble on a Sunday morning. From www.history.com/… On the Day of the Dead, it’s believed that the border between the spirit world and the real world dissolve. During this brief period, the souls of the dead awaken and return to...
by LokiMom
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on Sun Oct 31, 2021 at 01:17 AM PDT
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Colorado has long been known as The Mother of All Rivers. I know that because I taught 4th grade in Colorado for a long time, which included Colorado history and geography. I’m not really sure if it’s common knowledge — even to people who live here. It...
by rflctammt
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on Fri Jul 02, 2021 at 10:50 AM PDT
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Welcome to the daily presentation at “Foreign Policy and International Events Group” aka FP&IE. Join us on todays journey. Share links and stories of your discoveries and thought. Who are we and what we are trying do → Launching A Dailykos Discussions...
by ian douglas rushlau
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on Fri May 21, 2021 at 05:30 AM PDT
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From grist.org - Maddie Stone, June 17 Building enough wind turbines, solar panels, and power storage for humanity to kick its fossil fuel habit will likely need billions of tons of metals and minerals. One potentially abundant source of nickel,...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed Jun 17, 2020 at 04:39 PM PDT
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The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the...
by OceanDiver
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on Thu Apr 16, 2020 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Recent rains have finally brought the Australian fire season to a close. Between September, 2019 and January, 2020, an estimated 20% of Austalian forests burned. Fires are natural, but the scale of latest fire season was off the charts. Australia's...
by greenandblue
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on Sat Mar 07, 2020 at 01:36 PM PST
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: I couldn’t let today’s NY Times’ guest editorial on collapsing US bird populations go by without commenting, and I’ve turned in two which have been published, and I’ll put them below shortly. The Times article,...
by billofrights
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on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 02:28 PM PDT
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To understand how climate changes can affect entire areas in ways that most humans might not notice, all one must do is look at the whitebark pines in the Yellowstone area. For over a hundred years, whitebark pines have taken a beating. Disease,...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue May 14, 2019 at 09:21 AM PDT
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Bird life varies dramatically with habitat as we know. One of the things I really enjoy about birding at aquatic sites is how different habitats can be over short distances. Depth, water movement and substrate vary considerably along the coast where I...
by OceanDiver
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on Sun Mar 31, 2019 at 06:00 AM PDT
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I received the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ’s monthly newsletter for December in my e-mail on the 29th. Amont the articles contained therein was one entitled
Operation Virus Hunter:
by enhydra lutris
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on Mon Dec 31, 2018 at 06:06 AM PST
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