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The annual report from the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program found all of the wetlands examined successfully trapped nutrients and shed new light on possible best practices.

A new report on purpose-built wetlands in Ohio showcases their success in reducing nutrient runoff from farms, validating millions of dollars’ worth of efforts to combat toxic algal blooms.

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

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Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

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A doubling of fish biomass along Asia’s longest river shows hope for large-scale conservation efforts and a lifeline for the endangered finless porpoise.

Flowing almost 4,000 miles from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea, the Yangtze is China’s “Mother River.” From the emerald-green rice paddies of Hunan to the industrial hubs of Wuhan and Shanghai, the river basin generates 40 percent of the nation’s economic output. Yet, 70 years of rapid development had, until recently, wreaked havoc on its delicate marine ecosystem.

Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

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‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding

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The Trump administration repealed the EPA’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, an important legal foundation for their regulation.

The Trump administration moved today to overturn a key legal foundation of the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. In a press conference at the White House, President Donald Trump hailed the move as “the single largest deregulatory action in American history.”

‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding

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Trump Says He Supports American Oil and Gas. Why Is His Administration Financing a French-Owned Project in Mozambique?

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The gas export terminal would be one of Africa’s largest fossil fuel projects, in an area with an ongoing Islamist insurgency. The project has been plagued by delays and accusations of human rights violations.

In the conflict-riven northern corner of Mozambique, a huge gas export terminal is moving ahead with the backing of the United States government.

Trump Says He Supports American Oil and Gas. Why Is His Administration Financing a French-Owned Project in Mozambique?

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