Environmental Issues in the USA

Recycling and Globaliation (China, USA)

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a collection of articles and resources about Recycling and Globaliation (China, USA)

• Video Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth Is Complicated - NPR
• Article China Bans Foreign Waste--but What Will Happen to the World's Recycling?
• Article Recycling Chaos In U.S. As China Bans 'Foreign Waste' : NPR
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Trash, Recycling and the Environment

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a collection of articles and resources examining the (mountain) of garbage ending up in our oceans

• Article Recycling - The metals in the car go round and round
• Podcast Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Broken Toaster : NPR
• Video Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth Is Complicated - NPR
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How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming - USA cities

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A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming

• Article Kind Designs raises $5M to scale its 3D-printed Living Seawalls - Refresh Miami
• Article Miami’s fight against rising seas | BBC
• Article Miami region releases collaborative resilience strategy | Smart Cities Dive
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National Parks in the USA

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a collection of articles and resources for a possible trip to the National Parks in the USA

• Article Hiking The Grand Canyon: How to Visit and What to Do in 2021
• Article The actual differences between national parks, monuments, and recreation areas - Matador Network
• Article A Surprise From the Supervolcano Under Yellowstone
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USA - Sea Level Rise, and Global Warming

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A collection of articles about the USA - Sea Level Rise, and Global Warming

• Article Ice melt from West Antarctica will hit the U.S. especially hard - Axios
• Article 'We're moving to higher ground': America's era of climate mass migration is here | Environment | The Guardian
• Article Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage - The New York Times
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Wildfires and the American West (USA)

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a collection of resources about fire, the American West

• Video Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Podcast Built to Burn - Wildfires, and Design of Housing, Landscape || 99% Invisible
• Article Why the North American west is on fire - The Economist explains
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Grand Canyon - National Park in the USA

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Grand Canyon - National Park in the USA

• Article Hiking The Grand Canyon: How to Visit and What to Do in 2021
• Article 39 of the most breathtaking natural wonders in the world

Water crisis - and the threat of war, violence, tension

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A collection of articles about the Water crises

• Article Water Thieves Steal 80,000 Gallons in Australia as Our Mad Max-Style Future Becomes Reality
• Article Two billion people don’t have safe drinking water: what does this really mean for them?
• Video The Surprising Solutions to the World's Water Crisis | The Future With Hannah Fry
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Cities and drinking Water - rivers, ground water, policy and climate change

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A collection of resources about cities and drinking water, exploring the interplay between rivers, groundwater, water policy, and climate...

• Article Two billion people don’t have safe drinking water: what does this really mean for them?
• Article Lost Water in Amman, Jordan
• Article Desalination: The Dirty Truth About Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water
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Desalination, Innovation and the Water crisis

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A collection of articles about Desalination, Innovation and the Water crisis

• Article Simple, solar-powered water desalination
• Video Why Is Desalination So Difficult?
• Article Desalination: The Dirty Truth About Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water
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Recycling - arguments against plastic bag recycling

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Recycling - arguments against plastic bag recycling

• Article San Francisco's Dream of 'Zero Waste' Lands in the Dumpster | WIRED
• Article Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag
• Article Opinion | The Reign of Recycling - The New York Times
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Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

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Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

• Article In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist
• Article Rhinonomics: The horn laws. Why there is a bear market in rhinos
• Video The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris
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Biodiversity

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A collection of articles about biodiversity

• Article EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides | Environment | The Guardian
• Video How Wolves Change Rivers
• Podcast The Fragile, Invisible Connections Of The Natural World : NPR
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Biodiversity - Butterflies

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A collection of articles about biodiversity and butterfly species

• Article Monarch butterfly populations in the west are down an order of magnitude from last year
• Article How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly? | Scientific American
• Article With 86% Drop, California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low - The New York Times
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Water Crises, Rivers, Droughts, and Wildfires

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Water Crises, Rivers, Droughts, and Wildfires

• Video Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated
• Video Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Article U.S. Wildfire Causes 1980-2016
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Problem - ESG funds: environmental, social and governance finance, activist investors

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Problems with ESG funds: environmental, social and governance finance, activist investors

• Article Opinion | Business beware, ‘stakeholder’ capitalism is parasitic progressivism - George Will, The Washington Post
• Article Green Investing. A Dirty Secret - The Economist

Re-wilding - reclaiming spaces for nature, animals

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Re-wilding - reclaiming spaces for nature, animals

• Video Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated
• Video How Wolves Change Rivers
• Podcast Everything Is Connected : TED Radio Hour : NPR