Environment
Days before election, Trump removes endangered species protections for gray wolves
October 30, 2020"Wolves will be shot and killed because Donald Trump is desperate to gin up his voters in the Midwest."
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2020 elections to determine which party dominates public land debates
October 20, 2020A Biden administration would likely seek to restore President Obama's public lands legacy and push beyond it with tighter limits on fossil fuel production.
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Trump’s USDA sued over mass killing of native wildlife
October 9, 2020"The scientific consensus is that killing carnivores like coyotes to benefit the livestock industry just leads to more conflicts and more killing. This taxpayer-funded slaughter needs to stop."
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Indonesia: Mass strikes against ‘catastrophic’ assault on workers’ rights and environment
October 8, 2020The omnibus bill replaces 79 separate laws, reducing workers’ holidays and severance, allowing companies to keep workers on temporary contracts, and removing the requirement for environmental assessments of business projects.
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Greenland ice sheet melting faster than any time in last 12,000 years
October 5, 2020Rising temperatures in the air and the water surrounding Greenland are melting its massive ice sheet at a faster rate than any time in the last 12 millennia.
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