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- Federal panel votes to warn public about flame retardants in baby products, furniture.For the first time a federal agency is moving to outlaw an entire class of toxic flame retardants, a policy change intended to protect Americans from chemicals linked to cancer, neurological deficits, hormone disruption and other health problems.
- California condors return to the skies after near extinction, including Utah.In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the California condor.
- Sea turtles appear to be bouncing back around the world.Researchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale of “cautionary optimism.”
- The snow leopard is no longer endangered. It is still at risk.The snow leopard is no longer an endangered species, but its population in the wild is still at risk because of poaching and habitat loss, conservationists said this week.
- Iconic but depleted monarch butterfly makes a summer comeback.The monarch butterfly, whose population has declined 90 percent, has been rebounding this summer in the Northeast thanks to ideal weather.
- Farmers, beekeepers put aside differences to aid bees.A new pilot project in North Dakota aims to get past frequent finger-pointing between beekeepers and farmers over the decline in bee populations and get them to work together with scientists to reverse the trend.
- Scientists jam with musicians, artists to stir public passion for nature.Collaboration between the arts and science can help change the way we look at the environment - and spark debate on how to protect it.
- Meet Molly Steer, the nine-year-old fighting to save Great Barrier Reef marine life.The Year 4 student from Cairns in far north Queensland started a campaign to rid her home town and the Great Barrier Reef of single-use plastic straws earlier this year and her plight has since garnered global attention.
- Staten Island landfill-turned-park shows nature's resilience.A former New York landfill transforming into a park is stirring scientists and environmental researchers to birdsong as wildlife flock to a haven once known as the world's biggest garbage dump.
- A man on an eco-mission in mixed media.The Brooklyn artist Justin Brice Guariglia has turned Greenland’s meltdown into a new show at the Norton Museum of Art.
- Minnesota lakes holding their own against pollution.Billions in spending aiding the fight against threats like runoff, warming climate.
- First chance in 30 years: Emperor geese are in season again.Recreational hunts for emperor geese have been closed since 1986 and subsistence hunts since 1987, giving time to reverse a dramatic decline in population.
- Nearly 140 countries could be powered entirely by wind, solar and water by 2050.'Our findings suggest that the benefits are so great that we should accelerate the transition to wind, water, and solar, as fast as possible, by retiring fossil-fuel systems early wherever we can.'
- Renewable energy isn’t just cutting costs, it’s saving lives.A new study shows that renewables, particularly solar and wind energy, have significantly improved air quality in the United States from 2007 to 2015. The increased use of solar and wind resulted in thousands of lives saved.
- Groups around the city pitch in to keep your kitchen waste out of landfills.City-backed projects and grassroots gardens are collaborating on the city’s Zero Waste composting goal.
- Baja California’s recipe for saving fishing communities.As fish populations crash elsewhere, towns limit catches to stabilize harvests, boost tourism, and preserve a way of life.
- VIDEO: See the moment Bruno Mars announced his surprise $1 million Flint donation.The crowd erupted with elation as Bruno Mars made a surprise announcement he will donate $1 million to help the victims of the Flint water crisis.
- Arctic waters get long-sought protection after Ottawa, Inuit group reach agreement.An Inuit group and the federal government are creating a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound that will be – by far – Canada’s largest.
- The first smog-filtering bicycles will roll out in China by the end of the year.A bike-share startup has developed a bike that can collect polluted air, purify it, and release the clean air around the cyclist.
- Paper or plastic? Chicago bag tax is encouraging shoppers to say 'neither.'Chicago's ban on disposable plastic bags wound up on the trash heap. But the bag tax that replaced it is nudging Chicagoans to kick, or at least curtail, their use of the plastic sacks.
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