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Sen. Golden seeks constitutional environment amendment – Ashland News
Oregon Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, has sponsored a legislative effort that would seek to enshrine a clean, safe and healthy environment amendment in the Oregon Constitution. Senate Joint Resolution 28, the “Right to a Healthy Environment Amendment,” is backed by a number of senators and representatives, including Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland.
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Walking the Wild Applegate
Documentary film about the upcoming Jack-Ash Trail. The trail will connect Jacksonville, Oregon, with Ashland, Oregon. Presented with the help of the Applegate Trails Association.
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The ozone hole is on track to close within 50 years | The Optimist Daily
Researchers credit increased regulation in China as well as other underregulated areas for the continued success of the Montreal Protocol.
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Top 5 Eco-friendly NFT Galleries for Cryptoart | Crypto Artist
This post discusses Eco-friendly NFT Galleries for Cryptoart’s. Platforms uses various blockchains (e.g., PoS, PoA, and so on) can be hundreds of times more efficient.
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Excerpt | Paying Attention to Nature—Urgently
There’s the octopus in the parking garage, and 26,500 other signs that climate change is here.
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Three billion birds lost
Bird losses over the last 50 years have been devastating for hundreds of species, affecting both backyard songbirds and long-distance migrants. Given these losses, birds need us now more than ever. We can all help, and making a difference is probably easier than you think…
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2018 was the fourth hottest year on record
NASA and NOAA data show that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record, while the hottest is 2016. Global surface temperature records go back nearly 140 years. During that time, nine of the 10 hottest years occurred between 2005 and 2018.
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The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report
Carolyn Kormann on a new report from the I.P.C.C., which states that global climate change will have catastrophic consequences once the planet surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming, which could happen in just a few years.
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World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction
Bank announces in Paris it ‘will no longer finance upstream oil and gas’ after 2019 in response to threat posed by climate change
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The rise of community energy in Transition Towns
Around the world, the idea that communities install, own, and enjoy some of the benefits of renewable energy is growing fast.