All posts tagged "Environment"

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  At UN Talks, Trump Win Sparks Fears Climate Aid Will Fizzle

  MARRAKECH, Morocco — The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president could jeopardize a $100 billion plan launched by his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton seven years ago to help poor countries to cope with climate change, delegates...

  • Posted November 11, 2016
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  Trump Likely to Try to Reverse Obama Environment Initiatives

  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump has not minced words about his approach to environment and energy policy: He loathes regulation and wants to increase the use of coal, offshore drilling and fracking. Trump has said he...

  • Posted November 11, 2016
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  Environmental advocates release gubernatorial candidates’ responses to questionnaire

  SAN JUAN – A coalition of environmental groups working for the conservation of resources, education on climate change and the promotion of recycling in Puerto Rico revealed Tuesday a questionnaire to which the gubernatorial candidates responded. The document presents the...

  • Posted October 25, 2016
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  Powerful Greenhouse Gases in Focus At Global Climate Meeting

  JOHANNESBURG — Greenhouse gases that are more powerful than carbon dioxide are the focus of a global gathering this week in Africa. Experts say cutting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, is the fastest way to reduce global warming. The...

  • Posted October 13, 2016
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  Feds Forecast a Weak and Fleeting La Niña Coming Next Month

  WASHINGTON — Federal forecasters see a weak and short-lived La Nina coming, probably next month. The flip side of El Nino changes weather patterns worldwide, often bringing drier weather to the southern parts of the United States,...

  • Posted October 13, 2016
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  Danish Fishermen Fear Further Slashing of EU’s Cod Quotas

  BAGENKOP, Denmark — A stiff wind buffets Ulrik Koelle Hansen’s trawler as he heads out of this tiny fishing village in search of an early morning catch, but it’s nothing to the battering he predicts if the...

  • Posted October 10, 2016
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  PIP Legislators Oppose Incinerator in Arecibo

  Instead, they promote renewable energy and environmentalist approaches

  • Posted September 25, 2016
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  ‘Green Sheikh’ Comes to P.R. Promoting UAE Alliance

  Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, known worldwide as the “Green Sheikh,” is visiting Puerto Rico earlier this week to discover the socio-economic and cultural potential it possesses, as part of an ongoing global journey advocating the...

  • Posted September 7, 2016
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  Bees die in South Carolina Zika spraying

  Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply lost more than 2 million bees

  • Posted September 1, 2016
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  WHY IT MATTERS: Clinton and Trump on Opposite Sides of Global Warming

  According to a 2015 study conducted by Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, carbon dioxide pollution could steadily shrivel the world's average income by 23 percent by the year 2100.

  • Posted August 29, 2016