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Obama-era heavyweights accuse Trump of fueling pandemic with climate–change stance
Climate Power 2020 will change the politics of climate — pushing all candidates to aggressively campaign on climate action and holding science- …
Reopened recycling centers greeted by eager Valley residents
Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Coal Township Recycling Center employees Marlin Klinger, left, and Mike Kovack, empty a bin of shreded paper on …
Winneshiek County recycling volume is up, but so is the amount of illegal dumping
The paper, plastic, and can recycling bins have been filling up quickly too, but not always with recyclable items. “Since the COVID thing started we have …
No Decision on Funding for Ray Lovato Recycling Center
Ray Lovato Recycling Center Board President Devon Brubaker shares his thoughts during the Solid Waste District No. 1 board meeting on Monday.
City eyes trees at Poplar plantation for compost; market not friendly to lumber
The city’s poplar plantation and its ties to the wastewater treatment facility could see the material used more as compost and stream bank stabilization …
Coronavirus: Climate change
This pandemic shows how natural disaster-like phenomena like coronavirus and climate change worsen preexisting disparities in societies. Time and …
CNN to feature climate change activist Greta Thunberg on coronavirus panel; controversy ensues
Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg will be featured on an upcoming CNN town hall on the coronavirus pandemic alongside a panel of …
Space Experts Call For US Unity On Tackling Orbital Junk
… a director at the D.C.-based Secure World Foundation, which focuses on space sustainability issues, said turf fights between government branches …
How Will Climate Catastrophes Be Handled in the Face of Coronavirus?
A lot can change in three months. As the year got underway, climate change was widely viewed as the most serious threat to global prosperity.