5 Strategies That Achieve Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Simultaneously

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:12:04 +0000

Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies to withstand the impacts of climate change. The separation has led to the misinformed view that addressing climate change means pursuing either mitigation or adaptation

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Donald Trump’s EPA, Ruled By The Swamp, Is Letting Companies Dump Sewage Into Our Rivers

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:44:59 +0000

It seems that the EPA under Donald Trump wants to dump raw sewage into our rivers. The organization is now allowing cities to do just that. In an article by the New York Times, the Trump administration has decided to reverse almost 95 environmental rules in a massive retreat on environmental protection, because “it’s too costly for industry or taxpayers.”

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Saving PH wetlands: Last frontiers get least priority

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:30:41 +0000

Saving PH wetlands: Last frontiers get least priority

In the southern part of Manila Bay, just off the busy Coastal Road, two islands marked by lush canopies and flocks of birds provide a breather from the metro’s urban blight.

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