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"Honey as a Pollution Detector? It’s a Sweet Idea" [1]

"Beehives and their contents are a sensitive detector of lead emissions, a study of Canadian urban apiaries showed."

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Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: NY Times [7], 03/19/2019

From Himalayas to Arctic, Herders Share Knowledge To Cope With Climate [8]

"Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Ensia [12], 03/18/2019

Geoengineering: U.S. Blocks Global Resolution On Efforts To Cool Earth [13]

"The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world's understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [14]
Technology [15]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: ClimateWire [16], 03/18/2019

"Youth Activists Across Globe Protest For Climate Action" [17]

"Protests erupted across the globe on Friday led by youth activists demanding governments take action to thwart the inevitable effects of climate change."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [9]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: The Hill [19], 03/18/2019

School Strike for Climate: What Kids Face If World Leaders Delay Action [20]

"Scientists were warning about the risks of climate change and the burning of fossil fuels when today's world leaders were Greta Thunberg's age."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [9]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [21], 03/15/2019

"‘Our Future Is What We Are Fighting For’" [22]

"They've come of age in a warming world. Now, students in nearly 100 countries and dozens of U.S. states are skipping school to fight climate change."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Washington Post [23], 03/14/2019

"Climate: U.N. Calls For 'Urgent Action At An Unprecedented Scale'" [24]

"The world must either move environmental protection to the top of its agenda now or suffer dire consequences, according to a United Nations report issued today."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [25]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [26]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Greenwire [27], 03/14/2019
March 20, 2019

Global Environmental Journalism: Under Siege or Dawning Anew? [28]

Come to the University of Colorado Boulder, 7:00-8:30 p.m., to hear from the founder and journalists of one of the most successful environmental journalism startups in the world, Mongabay, as they describe the challenges faced by reporters covering environmental issues in the global tropics and the hope and success that new models of environmental journalism are having on issues ranging from deforestation to species extinction.

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Biodiversity [30]
Forests [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
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Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award [33]

An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism. 

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Features [34]
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Activism [18]
Biodiversity [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Journalism & Media [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [6]
Mexico [40]
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Public [5]

Can States Divvy Up the Shrinking Colorado River Water Supply? [41]

The vast Colorado River, recently in the news over a troubled drought deal, is at the heart of numerous environmental problems in the American West, where water is scarce and the legal complexities of water rights voluminous. The latest Issue Backgrounder offers an explainer on the story, which involves at least seven states, the federal government, Native American tribes, a hornet’s nest of irrigation districts and even Mexico.

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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [9]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [44]
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Natural Resources [10]
Water & Oceans [37]
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National (U.S.) [38]
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