21/12/2018 - Discuss Earth

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Latest Trump plans would open Alaskan Arctic to drilling by next summer

The Trump administration rolled out a long-awaited proposal Thursday that could open up oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic as early as next summer.

TheHill

‘A Lot of These Species Are Right on the Edge’: More Than 50 Australian Plant Species Could Go Extinct in 10 Years - EcoWatch

Scientists published the first major assessment of the health of Australian plant species in two decades, and the results are urgent, The Guardian reported Tuesday.More than 50 of Australian plant species could go extinct within the next decade, but only 12 of them are listed as "critically endangered" under the nation's Environment Protection and Biodiversity…

EcoWatch

Is Whole Foods Telling Us the Truth About Its Stance on Animal Rights? - EcoWatch

In February of this year, I was one of around 100 members of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) who walked into a Whole Foods store on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. Several of the activists rolled a small wooden calf hutch with a young woman inside into the store. The hutch…

EcoWatch

Foxes Still Killed in Boxing Day Hunts Despite Ban, UK Activists Say - EcoWatch

A controversial tradition persisted in England and Wales this Boxing Day as around 250,000 people gathered for annual fox hunts around the country, BBC News reported.Traditional fox hunting, in which hounds both chase and kill a fox, was banned in England and Wales 2004, but hunting groups replaced it with...

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How 'Agricultural Intelligence' Is Using Tech to Fight Climate Change - EcoWatch

It's time to embrace the potential of agricultural intelligence. The very same computing power that enables autonomous vehicles, speech recognition and globally connected services is reinventing the way we grow food. At root, agricultural intelligence is about delivering exactly what a crop needs, exactly when it's needed.

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10 Most Intriguing Forest Stories of 2018 - EcoWatch

Throughout 2018, forests continued to be threatened and destroyed. From the Amazon, to the Congo Basin, to the Mekong Delta and scores of places in between—journalists reporting for Mongabay filed hundreds of stories about the world's forests. Although the significance of any one story is difficult to gauge, several reports from 2018 stood out.

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Midwestern Farming Is in Danger From Climate Change - EcoWatch

From cranberry bogs in New England to citrus groves in California, soybeans in the plains states and cotton in Texas, few facts hold true about American agriculture across the board. A new study from Cornell University indicates that even climate change may not affect all regions equally.

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At Least 373 Dead as Surprise Tsunami Strikes Indonesia - EcoWatch

A tsunami struck Indonesia without warning Saturday night, killing at least 373 people and injuring more than 1,400, The Associated Press reported Monday. With 128 still missing, the death toll is expected to rise further in the second deadliest tsunami to inundate the country this year.

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How the Government Shutdown Could Impact the Nation’s Environment - EcoWatch

A partial government shutdown continued for a third day Monday as legislators left the capital for the holidays, CNBC reported Monday. The shutdown is due to an impasse between President Donald Trump and Congress over $5 billion in funding for Trump's border wall, a construction project that would have....

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Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread Big Ideas for Saving the Planet - EcoWatch

Research increasingly suggests that trying to promote behavioral change through fear can be counterproductive, leading to anxiety or depression that results in an issue being avoided or denied. However, stories with positive role models and which focus on the positive outcomes of solutions are much more likely to inspire action to solve it.

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