Environment

IUCN study identifies tree species for climate-resilient reforestation

An IUCN study has identified tree species native to Indonesia’s Kutai National Park that are resilient to climate change and support threatened East Bornean orangutan populations, recommending their use in reforestation efforts.

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Earthjustice Endorses Resolution On The Green New Deal

Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen released the following statement on the introduction of a resolution on the Green New Deal.

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Wheeler's EPA Keeps Brain _ Damaging Chlorpyrifos In Food, For Now

Health and labor organizations will have to argue again in court that chlorpyrifos, a brain-damaging pesticide, must be banned from all food uses, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Febuary 6. The decision comes four months after Andrew Wheeler...

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Court Upholds Hawai'i's Solar Water Heater Mandate

On Febuary 5, the Environmental Court of the State of Hawaiʻi ruled that the State Energy Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) was wrong in allowing “wholesale” exemptions from the state law mandate that all...

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