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Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Have Increased by More Than 35% in the Past Two Decades, Study Finds

Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Have Increased by More Than 35% in the Past Two Decades, Study Finds

Over the course of the last several decades, people seeking to move out of populated areas have been increasingly building homes in neighboring wildlands. Wildland-urban interface (WUI) — places where human development meets undeveloped natural areas like grasslands, deserts or forests — grew by 35.6 percent from 2000 to 2020, according to new research led […]

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    Leaders From Key Countries Will Not Attend COP29 Climate Talks

    Leaders From Key Countries Will Not Attend COP29 Climate Talks

    Leaders from some of the world’s major economies, including the European Union, the United States and Brazil, will not be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month. COP29, which will convene from November 11 to 22, is expected to have more than 40,000 delegates in attendance. European Commission Ursula […]

    Washington State Voters Uphold Climate Commitment Act

    Washington State Voters Uphold Climate Commitment Act

    In the election held November 5, voters in Washington state upheld one of the biggest climate laws in the U.S. against challenges made by Republicans. Voters decided against a conservative repeal effort for the Climate Commitment Act, which was first signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2021. The law set up a state […]

    England’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm to Move Forward

    England’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm to Move Forward

    Plans for England’s largest onshore wind farm will be submitted this week, in the first progress since the country’s Labour government removed the de facto ban Conservatives put in place nine years ago, reported The Guardian. Independent renewable energy developer Cubico Sustainable Investments has submitted plans to build 21 wind turbines beside the Scout Moor […]

    COP16 Ends Without Consensus on Financing for Nature Conservation

    COP16 Ends Without Consensus on Financing for Nature Conservation

    The COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, ended in disappointment this weekend, with countries failing to determine how to raise $200 billion a year in funding for conservation by 2030, reported Reuters. Originally intended as a check-in on countries’ progress with meeting the goals of the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), COP16 went into […]