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Environmental Impact Bonds Incentivize Watershed Restoration

by Jim Hall 21 September 20206 January 2022

Environmental Impact Bonds for financing new water and environmental infrastructure can be properly priced with the help of watershed modelling.

Aerial panorama warped to look like a planet.
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How Earth Day Lost Its Way

by M. Taft 22 April 20208 October 2021

The history of Earth Day has grown from its radical roots to a canopy for classroom activities.

Sen. Tom Udall and former secretary of the interior Bruce Babbitt sit on a dais with National Geographic logos everywhere
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30 by 30: A Push to Protect U.S. Land and Water

by Randy Showstack 7 February 20201 March 2023

The effort to conserve at least 30% of U.S. land and ocean by 2030 is part of an international push for conservation aiming to protect biodiversity and mitigate climate change impacts.

A woman checks her tablet in front of a row of wind turbines.
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White House Order Shutters Some Key Advisory Committees

by Randy Showstack 12 November 201921 March 2023

Committees that had focused on environmental issues, marine protected areas, and the nation’s electric grid are among those terminated.

deforestation in Paraguay
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We Have Broken Nature into More Than 990,000 Little Pieces

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 5 November 201918 October 2021

Habitat fragmentation is splintering undeveloped areas on Earth.

Underwater photo of bleached staghorn coral
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A Key to Coral Bleaching Events? Location, Location, Location

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 29 October 201927 March 2023

New research indicates that longitude, as well as warming waters, may be a key predictor of coral bleaching events.

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Modern Planet Protection Rules Recommended and Welcomed

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 22 October 201918 January 2022

Protocols for the Moon and Mars, human exploration, ocean worlds, and the private sector are all due for a major overhaul.

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Foretelling Forest Death from Above

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 October 20191 March 2023

A satellite-based early-warning signal may spot the start of a forest’s decline and give forest managers more time to save its life.

A small group of people speak at a podium in front of the Capitol with the banner “Protect the Arctic Refuge.”
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House Passes Measure to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by Randy Showstack 12 September 201927 March 2023

The measure, which would repeal an oil and gas development program in the refuge, now needs to pass the Senate, where there is stiff opposition.

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Murders of Environmentalists Have Doubled in 15 Years

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 August 201919 October 2021

Indigenous people defending their lands are particularly at risk, and watchdog groups warn that criminalization of environmental activism is also on the rise.

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