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The Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) provides Comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52)

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On January 8, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52). SBP made the case that  the proposed facility would cause devastating and permanent damage to critical wetland and stream ecosystems. Specifically, the project would permanently destroy 149,390 square […]

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SBP provides comments to U.S. EPA on the Proposed Rule Revising the Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket Id: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322)

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On January 5, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to US EPA on the  Proposed Rule Revising the Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket Id: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322).The Society for Biodiversity Preservation argued that this proposed WOTUS rule would significantly weaken national water safeguards in direct contradiction to the Clean Water Act’s objective

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SBP Provides Input to Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards

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Today, SBP member  Shyamala Rajan, Ph.D., participated in a virtual public hearing held by EPA on August 19-22, 2025 for interested persons and entities to provide oral presentation of data, views, or arguments on “Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards.” Dr. Rajan said that “Climate change is a health

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Composting: A Measure of Healthy and Nutritious Dietary Habits

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Composting in our homes and yards is essentially a simulation of the biological decomposition processes that take place naturally in the wild. “In these processes, bacteria, fungi, molds, protozoa, actinomycetes, and other saprophytic organisms feed upon decaying organic materials initially, while in the later stages of decomposition mites, millipedes, centipedes, springtails, beetles and earthworms further

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Of Noise and Men – Heading Into a Silent World

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The detrimental impacts of noise pollution stemming from human activities on human health have been clearly established. Pharmacological intervention is required in some cases to cope with these impacts which have been shown to include increasing incidences of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and higher levels of cortisol (stress hormone) (Ref 1,2).

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