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Plastic Bags, or Paper? Here’s What to Consider When You Hit the Grocery Store By Brad Plumer March 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it a good time to
A Landscape Lewis and Clark Would Recognize Is Now Under Threat
Logging, mining and development loom over the Northern Rockies. READ
Will Mexico Save Its Vanishing Vaquita?
Less than two dozen of the tiny porpoises remain in the wild. But there’s plenty the government can do to avert its extinction. READ ARTICLE
Environment
ENVIRONMENT A Landscape Lewis and Clark Would Recognize Is Now Under Threat www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opinion/northern-rockies-carole-king.html Trump doesn’t let environmental laws stand in the way of border barrier construction www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-border-waiver-20190215-story.html President Trump has unleashed a regulatory rollback, lobbied for and cheered on by
Humanitarian
HUMANITARIAN Heeding a call to act, rain or shine enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=8700b94c-7901-49d1-92c7-b9d928e75538 Massacre in Myanmar: www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rakhine-events/
Animals
WILDLIFE Dead Whale Found With 88 Pounds of Plastic Inside Body www.nytimes.com/world/asia/whale-plastics-philippines.html An Orangutan Was Repeatedly Shot With an Air Rifle but Survived. www.nytimes.com/world/asia/orangutan-shot-gun.html Gray Wolves May Lose Endangered Status and Protections www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/science/gray-wolf-protection.html In the Year of the Pig, offering
Climate
Climate News Gigantic Cavity in Antarctica Glacier Is a Product of Rapid Melting, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/climate/thwaites-glacier-antarctica-cavity.html 2018 hottest year on record for oceans enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share How Governments React to Climate Change: An Interview with the Political Theorists Joel Wainwright and Geoff
Politics
Political News Crushing Blow to Butterflies as Border Wall Construction Starts at Sanctuary readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/54845-rsn-crushing-blow-to-butterflies-as-border-wall-construction-starts-at-sanctuary Trump doesn’t let environmental laws stand in the way of border barrier construction www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-border-waiver-20190215-story.html How Governments React to Climate Change: An Interview with the Political Theorists
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS A Conversation With Jane Goodall: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DUBaWzVziA&feature=youtu.be How Governments React to Climate Change: An Interview with the Political Theorists Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/how-governments-react-to-climate-change