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Earth Day Should Inspire Strengthened Focus on Climate Change, NFU Says  

2016-04-22 14:00:44| National Farmers Union

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 22, 2016) Climate change is a shared problem that requires a collaborative solution, and the National Farmers Union (NFU) is commending the continued progress towards environmental sustainability in observance of Earth Day. From farms and rural communities to urban centers across

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Earth Day 2016: Through the Eyes of an Orchardist

2016-04-22 13:26:42| National Farmers Union

By Harrison Topp, Membership Director, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union When people ask what I grow, my first response is usually trees. Really, Im an orchardist who produces stone-fruits, predominantly cherries and plums. But I have the closest relationship with my trees and with the ecosystem around them. From the understory, to the canopy, to the

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This Earth Day, Learn From A Woman Who Lives A "Zero Waste" Life

2016-04-22 11:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Did you know that an average person generates 4.3 pounds of waste per day? According to Duke University's Center for Sustainability and Commerce, approximately 55 percent of 220 million tons of waste generated each year in the United States ends up in one of the over 3,500 landfills. "Using 'business-as-usual' projections, we predict that, by 2100, solid-waste generation rates will exceed 11 million tonnes per day - more than three times today's rate. With lower populations, denser, more resource-efficient...

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Earth Day: We're not as doomed as you think

2016-04-22 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Sure, there are plenty of reasons to be terrified about the future of the planet: melting ice sheets, intensifying heat waves, vanishing rainforests, falling temperature records, dying elephants, bleached out coral and kids in China don't know the sky is blue. This stuff is serious. It's real. It's bad. But -- know what? -- it's not the full picture.In celebration of Earth Day, a day on which more than 155 countries are planning to sign a landmark U.N. agreement on climate change, here are five...

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Which Countries Wont Be Signing the Paris Climate Deal on Earth Day?

2016-04-21 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: An unprecedented number of countries will be gathering in New York City tomorrow to sign the Paris climate deal. After significant progress was made this past December in agreeing the landmark deal, more than 167 countries--including past climate villains Iran, Canada and Australia and polluting giants China, the U.S. and the EU--are set to sign the Paris agreement on its opening day. But despite this, there are still some countries that remain absent from the UNs official list of attendees--and...

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