环保组织认为，美国环境保护署拒绝了德克萨斯州提出的使用危险除草剂丙嗪杀死该州棉花中的超级杂草的紧急使用请求，这是正确的。
EcoWatch -- Environmental groups believe the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got it right by denying the emergency use request Texas filed in order to use hazardous herbicide propazine to kill superweeds infesting the state’s cotton. Environmental groups, public health advocates and organic farmers all pleaded with the EPA to recognize the
该奖项可供全球各地的机构争夺，而不仅仅是在阿联酋。谢赫穆罕默德的颁奖恰逢阿联酋水援助基金会的成立。
ECOWATCH -- A research institute stands to win $1 million from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates. It’s no easy task, though. Al Maktoum is searching for a sustainable solution to solve the global water shortage. What’s more—he is requiring that solution to be powered by solar
“我们应该以极大的怀疑态度对待气候变化，”他说。 “只要地球在这里，气候变化就一直在发生。
ECOWATCH -- A little bit of climate change never hurt us, if you ask Rupert Murodch. The media and business magnate behind News Corporation and 21st Century Fox talked to Sky News Australia—which he also owns—about why the climate crisis isn’t a big deal. We can’t stop it anyway, he says. It’s not unlike the views personalities and politicians
作为最近的年度会议的结果，英国医学协会将剥离其对化石燃料的投资。投票使 BMA 成为世界上第一个做出这样决定的卫生组织。
ECOWATCH -- Divesting from fossil fuels not only makes sense, but it’s in vogue. Students are advocating for it, colleges are doing it, and now doctors are joining the party. As a result of its recent annual meeting, the British Medical Association will divest its fossil fuel investments. The vote makes the BMA the first health organization in
美国宇航局的一颗卫星将于周二进入轨道，以帮助该机构更好地了解碳在我们不断变化的气候中的作用。
ECOWATCH -- A NASA satellite will take orbit Tuesday to help the agency better understand carbon’s role in our changing climate. With the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, scientists can record around 100,000 measurements of carbon dioxide measurements in detail each day around the world. “Now that humans are acknowledging the environmental
切萨皮克气候行动网络和 350.org 等环保组织花费了大量时间和资源来对抗液化天然气的扩张，特别是 Cove Point，这是一个有争议的液化天然气出口提案，来自位于白宫以南不到 70 英里的 Dominion Resources
ECOWATCH -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that will speed up the process of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Under the bill, sponsored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the Department of Energy will have 30 days to approve LNG exports to non-Free Trade Agreement countries after an environmental review of the LNG
报告的合著者说，新烟碱类物质威胁着“功能性生态系统的核心”。
ECOWATCH -- The Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA), issued by the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, documents significant damage to bees and the environment stemming from the wide-spread use of neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics). The report stresses that even at very low levels, neonics and the products resulting from their breakdown in the