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Every year, tens of millions of salmon return to the pristine shores of Bristol Bay in Alaska. They linger in the bay's cool, shallow waters before charging up nearby streams to spawn and create another generation of wild salmon.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Alaska Another Bay Before Bristol Charging Cool Create Every Generation Linger Millions Nearby Pristine Return Salmon Shallow Shores Spawn Streams Tens Tens Of Millions Up Waters Wild Year

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Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a vision for the clean energy future.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: America Clean Clean Energy Companies Creating Embracing Energy Farmers Future India Jobs People Power Providing Salt Solar Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands Vision Whether Wind

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Opening up Atlantic and Arctic waters to drilling would lock the next generation into burning oil and gas in a way that only makes climate change that much worse, fueling ever rising seas, widening deserts, withering drought, blistering heat, raging storms, wildfires, floods and other hallmarks of climate chaos.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Arctic Atlantic Burning Change Chaos Climate Climate Change Deserts Drilling Drought Ever Floods Gas Generation Heat Lock Makes Much Next Next Generation Oil Only Opening Other Raging Rising Seas Storms Up Waters Way Widening Worse Would

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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Across Added California Care Care Costs Central Change Climate Climate Change Communities Costs Damaged Dollars Down Extreme Fields Flooded Health Health Care Health Care Costs Infrastructure Lives Michigan Millions Millions Of Dollars Nation People Signs Streets Turning Upside Upside Down Visible Weather

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When we go to the store, we bring home more than food - we bring home traces of broader environmental problems. But we can use our shopping carts and dinner plates to help solve some of those problems.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Bring Broader Dinner Environmental Environmental Problems Food Go Help Home More Our Plates Problems Shopping Solve Some Store Than Those Traces Use

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Countries have made impressive pledges to cut carbon pollution, but we have to ensure these promises become actions.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Actions Become Carbon Countries Cut Ensure Impressive Made Pledges Pollution Promises

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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: About Approve Cases Community Considered Dam Environmental Gives Government Heard Highway Impact Impacts Major Make Many Must Only Opportunity Otherwise Project Public Sure

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A stock market index helps investors track the performance of a group of stocks. NRDC worked with FTSE to develop comprehensive and transparent methodologies that screen out companies linked to owning, exploring, or extracting fossil fuels.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Companies Comprehensive Develop Exploring Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuels Group Helps Investors Linked Market Out Owning Performance Screen Stock Stock Market Stocks Track Transparent Worked

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California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Affects Business Business Owners California Drought Efficiently Everyone Farmers Fishermen Owners Play Possible Precious Residents Resources Role State Suburban Using Water Wisely

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Shell has poured billions of dollars into offshore Arctic drilling, but no matter how much it spends, it cannot make the effort anything but a terrifying gamble. And if Shell, the most profitable company on Earth, can't buy its way to safety in Alaska, nobody can.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Alaska Anything Arctic Billions Billions Of Dollars Buy Cannot Company Dollars Drilling Earth Effort Gamble How How Much Make Matter Most Much Nobody Offshore Poured Profitable Safety Shell Terrifying Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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