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Bernhardt Uses Shutdown to Block Public From Environmental Reviews

By Taylor McKinnon | Centerr for Biological Diversity on Dec 29, 2018 Featured, National, National/World, Politics

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has taken down environmental review websites for many of its key agencies, a step that violates its own policies for government shutdowns and stymies public involvement in decisions like fossil fuel leasing and wildlife protections. Among the sites abruptly taken down are those that provide planning […]

UW: Past Warm Period Polar Bear Strategy won’t Suffice this Time

By Michelle Ma | University of Washington on Oct 9, 2018 The Arctic and Alaska Science

Polar bears likely survived past warm periods in the Arctic, when sea ice cover was low, by scavenging on the carcasses of stranded large whales. This food source sustained the bears when they were largely restricted to land, unable to roam the ice in search of seals to hunt. A new study led by the University of […]