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87,000 NASA Images Show a Greening Arctic

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EcoWatch Golfing in Greenland. Photo by  Graphicos The northern edge of North America is getting steadily greener . In the most detailed study so far of plant growth across Alaska and Canada, scientists say that about a third of the land cover now looks less like tundra, and more like a warmer ecosystem. Story here.
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Whistleblower Says EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Methane Emissions for Years

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Nation of Change Why has the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to take adequate action against disastrous, climate-warming methane emissions from the fracking industry?  An environmental watchdog alleges that the answer may be… Story here.
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Paris Floods Made Almost Twice as Likely by Climate Change, Say Scientists

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the guardian Manmade global warming greatly increased the risk of extreme rain affecting the French capital, analysis shows. Story here.
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Shell’s Retreat From Canadian Arctic Creates Space for Arctic Protection

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Greenpeace Canada Earlier this week on World Oceans Day we were greeted with some wonderful and exciting news : Shell announced it was giving up all its offshore exploration permits in the Canadian Arctic! Story here. RELATED:   "Shell Relinquishes Canadian Arctic Drilling Rights"
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Atrazine and Glyphosate More Harmful Than Scientists Once Thought

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EcoWatch Monsanto marketed its potent weed killer glyphosate —the active ingredient in  Roundup —and the corn and soybeans genetically engineered to withstand it, by claiming it would replace other, more toxic weed killers such as atrazine. But, it didn’t happen. Story here.
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"Mother is ill." Earthwatch - Video.

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