ecological

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In summary, the plastics industry is bloated and wasteful, it imposes enormous social and ecological costs, and people are sick of it.
Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well.|David Roberts|September 4, 2020|Vox
The measure would offer tax breaks for ecological forestry that would promote selective tree logging instead of clearing large swaths of forest at once.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry|by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|September 2, 2020|ProPublica
The first issue with this, according to the office, is ecological.
Watchdog Warns: SDG&E’s Tree-Trimming Plan Could Worsen Wildfires|MacKenzie Elmer|August 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Now, geologic evidence and data on dinosaur habitats, combined with climate and ecological simulations, suggest it wasn’t the volcanism.
An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs|Megan Sever|July 17, 2020|Science News

Darwin wondered whether ecological space might simply “fill up” one day.
Evolution: Why It Seems to Have a Direction and What to Expect Next|Matthew Wills|June 10, 2020|Singularity Hub
We would have considered an algae bloom to be a welcome sign of ecological renewal.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the high ecological cost of palm oil, its cheap price has kept demand high.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees|Carrie Arnold|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Political dysfunction and economic dysfunction reinforce each other to drive ecological dysfunction.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical|Jedediah Purdy|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a new, ecological eye that saw new kinds of harms and legislated to cure them.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical|Jedediah Purdy|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Climate change is ecological but also economic, social, and political.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical|Jedediah Purdy|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Natural selection plus geographical and ecological isolation has undoubtedly been operative in speciation and in subspeciation.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer
Obviously, the diversity of ecological niches in the rainforest is sufficient to support a variety of related species.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala|William E. Duellman
No ecological differences between this species and K. acutum were evident.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala|William E. Duellman
The second part of the study, now in preparation, deals with the ecological and historical geography of the herpetofauna.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman
No details of ecological interest are given and there is no mention of natives.
The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California|S. F. Cook

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