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GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Montana, October 27, 2025 (ENS) - Glacier National Park remains open to visitors during the current federal government shutdown, which a former superintendent said could lead to trash pileup, a lack of communication for visitors, and limited emergency response operations. [...]

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BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 21, 2025 (ENS) - The State of Massachusetts and the State of California have announced their intentions to join the nonprofit International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Based in Switzerland, the IUCN is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental membership network with 1,400 governments and non-governmental organizations committed to global action on biodiversity conservation. [...]

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EXETER, England, October 13, 2025 (ENS) - "The world has entered a new reality. Global warming will soon exceed 1.5°Celsius." Warm-water coral reefs are dying across the planet as the world hits its first climate tipping point, finds a new report released today by the University of Exeter and dozens of international partners. [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC, October 11, 2025 (ENS) - On July 8, Congressman Nick Begich III, an Alaska Republican, introduced a draft bill amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act, MMPA, the federal law that has governed marine resource management and conservation of whales, orcas, porpoises, seals, polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and manatees in U.S. waters since 1972. [...]

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