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Water is a basic human necessity. We need it to live. But some folks in Washington want to weaken environmental protections for that necessity. ...
Activists opposing the Keystone XL pipeline have a new way to fight it using solar panels. ... Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important business objective, and growing numbers of companies are setting sustainability goals.

Making commitments is one thing, but actually keeping them has proven to be a challenge. ... The California Energy Commission recently adopted building standards requiring solar photovoltaic systems on new homes starting in 2020.

... President Trump is no friend to the environment. Months after being in office, he pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate treaty. He has made it clear he wants more fossil fuels pumped out of the ground, even at the expense of public lands. ... Land degradation now threatens the lives and livelihoods of 40 percent of world population, some 3 billion people give or take, according to a landmark, three-year, global assessment produced by the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Bio ... Farmers, ecosystems, and societies around the world all benefit by adopting sustainable agroforestry methods. Doing so conserves and enhances soils, water resources and livelihoods while taking in and storing carbon.
... A scientific research team led by NASA is tracking global trends in freshwater availability worldwide in a bid to better understand how these critical natural resources are changing in light of a variety of factors. ... President Trump signed an executive order last year promoting energy independence. The day after, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued two orders with the intention of implementing Trump’s executive order. ... “Drill baby drill” is more than a mantra by those that want to increase domestic output of fossil fuels. It is a way of life, as the recent proposal by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to increase offshore drilling on both coasts proves. ... Climate Change Could Force 143 Million Across Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America to Migrate Climate change is hereby canceled
A story published last week in Reuters led with the headline “Pentagon strategy document will not include climate change”
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The sad irony of Trump's abdication of leadership on Climate Change: The Trump Effect 

 The psychology field may not be the first sector that comes to mind when thinking about how different professionals are working together to preserve the planet. However, what you’re about to read may surprise you ... A new, cross-disciplinary white paper authored by three prominent international climate experts for the US-based Universal Ecological Fund refutes the notion against proactive actions to mitigate and adapt to rapid climate change ... One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic:
Be it from social unrest, economic upheaval, or environmental collapse, forced human migration is at unprecedented levels. According to the UNHCR, there are more than 65 million displaced ... Buying on credit:
Today is Earth Overshoot Day. As of today, the year is done for planet Earth, she has given a year’s worth of natural resources ... When the Trump administration’s 2018 fiscal budget proposal included 40 percent of funding cut for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), few were surprised. The president doesn’t seem to understand what is at stake with such cuts ... An apocalyptic future is materializing that threatens human civilization and all life on the planet. The truth about climate change is more terrifying than our worst nightmares. We are teetering on the brink ... Rising levels of greenhouse gasses are increasing global temperatures and this is causing sea levels to rise. Global warming causes sea levels to rise by melting ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice; it also causes water to warm and expand. ... Indiana is going solar.
That may seem an odd thing to declare say about a state that gets 85 percent of its electricity generation from coal. Indeed, coal may be king, but the king is approaching the end of its reign.
... Positive narratives may be our best hope for fostering desperately needed environmental action. Decades of ecological warnings have failed to produce the necessary societal changes ... The water-energy nexus - the fundamental connection between water and energy ... At the national and international level climate action is stalled under the unyielding weight of factionalism and meeting the diverse agenda of a global community. At the personal level the issues of climate change and building a sustainable future ...

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The history of geothermal energy

The History of Geothermal Energy in America

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Emily Folk | 0 Comments

Geothermal systems offer an efficient, low-carbon way to generate electricity and provide heating and cooling for homes. They use the naturally occurring heat in the rock and fluids in the Earth to accomplish their objective. Today, we have numerous technologies that enable us to access geothermal energy. We have geothermal power plants and geothermal heat pumps. We also use the…

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Heading in reverse: Trump's proposal to rollback fuel efficiency standards

Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama Era Fuel Efficiency Standards

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Donald Trump’s EPA seeks to “fix” fuel efficiency standards by rolling back Obama-era rules. The move faces stiff opposition from lawmakers and citizens.

World Bank Group Climate Finance Rises to Record High Levels

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The World Bank Group financed a record-high $20.5 billion in finance for country-level climate action in fiscal year 2018. All told, 32.1 percent of the global development bank group’s financing had what’s termed climate co-benefits. That exceeds a target of 28 percent by 2020.

The Benefits of Pricing Carbon

The Case For Carbon Pricing

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The Florida Republican House representative Carlos Curbelo recently introduced legislation that would put a price on carbon. The legislation, called the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, or the MARKET CHOICE Act (H.R. 6463), would impose a tax on carbon emissions starting at $24/ton of carbon equivalent (CO2e)…

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Water is life

Dirty Water Amendment to a House Spending Bill Guts the Clean Water Rule

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Water is a basic human necessity. We need it to live. But some folks in Washington want to weaken environmental protections for that necessity. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill. It is a spending bill that would reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency. The bill also includes what is termed the…

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reforestation

Rotary Club Helps Fund Innovative Reforestation-Agricultural Development in Haiti

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Creating a tree nursery is the first phase of a program, and possibly a global grant, that will see local, smallholder farmers plant and care for trees in return for seed, tools and training.

Solar XL - A coalition protesting the Keystone Pipeline by proposing solar panels along its proposed route

Putting Solar Panels Along the Path of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Activists opposing the Keystone XL pipeline have a new way to fight it using solar panels. Solar XL is a coalition led by indigenous activists. The campaign aims to install solar panels along the route of the pipeline in Nebraska and South Dakota. The solar panels will supply power to the homes, farms and indigenous spirit camps of communities fighting…

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Omarosa may loose her battle with the trump administration, but that doesn’t mean Trump is winning. https://t.co/U8bPum13FQ

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The latest The Daily PlanetWatch! https://t.co/feBSEaagK6 Thanks to @irani1 @tomwhitephoto @unfoundation #climatechange #environment

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But wait! Why is it a blow to the EPA to enforce their own rules? Ah, the irony.

You can get away for being “capricious and arbitrary” for so long.

The ghost of Scott Pruitt haunts the EPA. https://t.co/zf31XvED0B

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The latest The Daily PlanetWatch! https://t.co/PHPBMRhtni Thanks to @alertnetclimate @DeWittCountyFB @sarahkathleen_m #scifrilive #solar

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