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By Andrea GermanosFood system justice and environmental advocates on Wednesday urged all Democratic presidential hopefuls to follow in the footsteps of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in signing a pledge rejecting campaign cash from food and agribusiness…

There's a theory going around that Native Americans actively managed the land the lived on, using controlled burns to clear forests. It turns out that theory is wrong. New research shows that Native Americans barely altered the landscape at all. It was the…

President Donald Trump told a crowd at the Davos World Economic Forum Tuesday that the U.S. will join the Forum's 1t.org initiative to restore and conserve one trillion trees around the world, according to The Hill.NoneFor the most part, his speech touted his…

The online cooking show Indigikitchen is providing a platform to help disseminate Indigenous food recipes — while helping eaters recognize their impact on the planet and Native communities."Not only do Indigenous diets provide us with nutritionally balanced,…

On the Solomon Islands, rats and poachers are the two major threats to critically endangered sea turtles. A group of local women have joined forces to help save the animals from extinction.NoneProject Goal: Conserving the most important nesting ground for…

By Joe RomanOne of the most important global conservation events of the past year was something that didn't happen. For the first time since 2002, Iceland — one of just three countries that still allow commercial whaling — didn't hunt any whales, even…

The Supreme Court made a decision Tuesday that means Flint residents can sue state and local officials over the water crisis that leached lead into their water and resulted in at least 12 deaths.NoneCity officials and state regulators argued that they had…

Scientists have identified four new species of walking shark in the waters off Australia and New Guinea.NoneWhile that might sound like the stuff of horror films, researchers say that the foot-long fish, which have evolved to use their fins to walk on land or…

The world awakened to the hole in the ozone layer in 1985, which scientists attributed it to ozone-depleting substances. Two years later, in Montreal, the world agreed to ban the halogen compounds causing the massive hole over Antarctica. Research now shows…

By Julie DermanskyOn the afternoon of Jan. 15, activist Diane Wilson kicked off a San Antonio Estuary Waterkeeper meeting on the side of the road across from a Formosa plastics manufacturing plant in Point Comfort, Texas. After Wilson and the waterkeeper…

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The Southeast Asian country Malaysia has sent 150 shipping containers packed with plastic waste back to 13 wealthy countries, putting the world on notice that it will not be the world's garbage dump, as CNN reported. The countries receiving their trash back…

U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns of environmental activists as "pessimism" in a speech to political and business leaders at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday.NoneClimate change and global warming are topping the…

Warning: The video above may be upsetting to viewers.An amusement park in China came under fire on social media this weekend for forcing a pig off a 230 foot-high bungee tower.NoneThe footage of the incident, which took place Saturday, went viral on Weibo, the…

By Malavika Vyawahare, Valisoa RasolofomboahangyMadagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant 60 million trees in the coming months. The island nation celebrates 60 years of independence this year, and the start of the…

A new coronavirus that began sickening people in China late in 2019 can be transmitted from human to human, the country's health ministry announced Monday.NoneThe mysterious respiratory illness emerged last month in a fish market in the central Chinese city of…

By Alex KirbyNew forests are an apparently promising way to tackle global heating: the trees absorb carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas from human activities. But there's a snag, because permanently lower river flows can be an unintended consequence.NoneA…

By Greg McDermid, Joule A Bergerson, Sheri MadiganHidden among all of the troubling environmental headlines from 2019 — and let's face it, there were plenty — was one encouraging sign: the world is waking up to the reality of climate change.So now…

Talk is cheap, says the acting executive secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, who begged governments around the world to make sure that 2020 is not another year of conferences and empty promises, but instead is the year to take…

Refugees fleeing the impending effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home, according to a new decision by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, as CNN reported. The new decision could open up a massive wave of legal claims by displaced…

By Ashutosh PandeyTeenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is returning to the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the 2020 World Economic Forum with a strong and clear message: put an end to the fossil fuel "madness."NoneThunberg's missive is aimed at, among others,…

An appeals court tossed out the landmark youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States Friday, arguing that the courts are not the place to resolve the climate crisis.NoneThe three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the 21 young…

By Tara LohanA sign at the north end of Kanab, Utah, proclaims the town of 4,300 to be "The Greatest Earth on Show."It's a rare case of truth in advertising.Kanab sits just seven miles north of the Arizona state line, at the crossroads of some of the…

China, the world's No. 1 producer of plastic pollution, announced major plans Sunday to cut back on the sale and production of single-use plastics.NoneAccording to the plans put forward by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of…

By Jillian Kubala, MS, RDNon-perishable foods, such as canned goods and dried fruit, have a long shelf life and don't require refrigeration to keep them from spoiling. Instead, they can be stored at room temperature, such as in a pantry or cabinet.They're not…

By Julia RiesTwo flu strains are overlapping each other this flu season.This means you can get sick twice from different flu strains.While the flu vaccine isn't a perfect match, it's the best defense against the flu.To say this flu season has been abnormal is…

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By Alina Petre, MS, RDVitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin, is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for optimal health.It helps your body absorb calcium and maintain adequate serum magnesium and phosphate concentrations — three nutrients important for…

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By Katherine Marengo, LDN, RDIn recent years, functional foods have gained popularity within health and wellness circles.Also known as nutraceuticals, functional foods are highly nutritious and associated with a number of powerful health benefits. For example,…