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House Democrats pass $1.5 trillion 'green' infrastructure bill filled with climate policies

The House passed a $1.5 trillion “green” infrastructure package on a partisan basis Wednesday by a 233-188 vote, as Democrats signaled their commitment to combating climate change through multiple avenues, a key issue for their voting base.

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Australian Broadcasting Corp

Indonesia reopens national parks to tourists as COVID-19 cases rise

Mongabay - 2 days ago

JAKARTA — Indonesia is reopening dozens of conservation areas to local and foreign tourists after months of closure, even as the number of COVID-19 infections in the country continues to climb. “Based on our assessment with local authorities, we’ve listed 29 national parks and nature parks that may gradually reopen from today until about mid-July,” […]

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

COVID-19 lockdown precipitates deforestation across Asia and South America

Mongabay - 17 hours ago

On May 15, authorities in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket in Thailand arrested two Cambodians and six Thai workers for illegally removing a large Siamese rosewood tree from an area designated as a wildlife sanctuary. The eight men had taken the tree clean out of the ground and tried to persuade the Huai […]

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Hong Kong Free Press

In Madagascar’s capital, pollution threatens an oasis for birds

Mongabay - 1 day ago

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Four kilometers (2.5 miles) from downtown Antananarivo, Tsarasaotra Park has long been an oasis of calm in Madagascar’s capital city. It is the first private site to be designated as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention. However, the expansion of the capital, with its 1.6 million residents, poses a […]

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Mongabay

Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Mongabay - 5 days ago

A coalition of more than 5,000 villagers and a provincial government in Papua New Guinea has built a legal challenge against the world’s most productive battery nickel plant. The company, Ramu NiCo, has been dumping millions of tons of mine waste into the ocean since 2012, and evidence for environmental and health impacts is accumulating. […]

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

Botswana investigates 'mysterious deaths' of 275 elephants

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 10 hours ago

Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses _ 275 _ found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks

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Washington Examiner

The future still lies in coal, oil, and nuclear

Washington Examiner - 2 days ago

WEST FINLEY, Pennsylvania — In his first visit to a coal mine since becoming the 15th secretary of energy, Dan Brouillette said the innovations he witnessed at the Consol Energy Pennsylvania mining complex along the Washington County and Greene County lines were some of the most impressive technologies he’s seen in his career in the fossil fuel industry.

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Scientific American

Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says

Mongabay - 1 day ago

The fishing boat flew a Singaporean flag as it sailed toward Batam Island in Indonesia. But when Indonesian Navy officers intercepted the vessel and boarded it in February 2018, they discovered that the boat, and its four-person crew, were actually from Taiwan. Flying a false flag wasn’t the only offense — customs officials also found […]

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