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Statement on on the Alberta United Conservative Party Endorsement of a Resolution Denying Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – Denying the link between fossil fuels, CO2, and climate change will only hurt Alberta and its future economic well-being.

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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wetlands help mitigate climate change by trapping and storing carbon. While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. But wetland loss doesnt just increase flood riskit also drives climate change.

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Why Climate Change Could Put New Conservation Areas in Jeopardy

Yale E360

But scientists warn that as the world warms, many conservation areas will become less and less suited to the types of species and ecosystems they were intended to protect. A global initiative to protect 30 percent of the earth’s land and oceans by 2030 is gaining momentum. Read more on E360 ?.

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The subsequent 1966 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights also recognizes the right of “everyone to take part in cultural life” and requires signatories to take the steps “necessary for the conservation, the development, and the diffusion of science and culture.”

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Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation:

Circle of Blue

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: How Anglers Are Responding Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. The issue has begun changing minds about climate change among recreational fishermen, a demographic that leans politically conservative.

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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Union of Concerned Scientists

Human-caused climate change is redistributing species across the globe, re-ordering ecological communities, and even driving genetic changes in some populations. We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. Photo: UNESCO/David G.

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Intimidation Tactics Exposed in Oregon Climate Case vs. Fossil Fuel Industry 

Union of Concerned Scientists

and others, including the recently added NW Natural , a gas utility, alleging that their contributions to climate change—and their disinformation campaigns surrounding it—intensified the conditions that led to this deadly heat wave. The case names ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, McKinsey & Co.,