"The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens"
"In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air."
Source: Undark, 02/20/2024
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Ross Gelbspan, Author Who Probed Roots Of Climate Change Denial, Dies At 84
"Ross Gelbspan, a journalist and author who followed the money trail of climate change denial, exposing how the energy industry and lobbyists pushed narratives to counter overwhelming evidence that use of fossil fuels was driving global warming, died Jan. 27 at his home in Boston. He was 84."
Source: Washington Post, 02/20/2024"Saving Africa’s Most Endangered Big Cat"
"Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both."
Source: The Revelator, 02/20/2024"Colorado Is Now Home To America's Newest National Park"
"Amache National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado is officially America's newest national park, the National Park Service announced Thursday. Amache, located one mile outside of Granada, was one of 10 incarceration sites used to detain thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II."
Source: Denver Post, 02/20/2024"Judge Revokes Florida Wetlands Permitting Authority"
"The Trump administration failed to account for risks to endangered species when it allowed Florida to take over a federal permitting program for wetlands, a federal judge ruled Thursday."
Source: E&E News, 02/20/2024"More Wall Street Firms Are Flip-Flopping on Climate. Here’s Why."
"Many of the world’s biggest financial firms spent the past several years burnishing their environmental images by pledging to use their financial muscle to fight climate change. Now, Wall Street has flip-flopped."
Source: NYTimes, 02/20/2024"Climate Change Is Hitting The Heart Of Cajun Country — Through Its Crawfish"
"Drought and last winter’s hard freeze have caused a massive shortage, driving up prices by 500 percent or more."
Source: National Geographic, 02/20/2024"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle"
"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."
Source: Washington Post, 02/19/2024Atmospheric Rivers Are Leading To A Surge In Valley Fever Cases In Calif.
"Cases of Valley fever in California broke records last year after nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers slammed the state and caused widespread, record-breaking flooding."
Source: Grist, 02/19/2024Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine
"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2024‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling - Report
"Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2024"No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’"
"Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue."
Source: NYTimes, 02/19/2024Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Cite Lack of Consent
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced a new policy requiring that any energy project seeking to build on tribal land must get the tribe’s approval before it will permit the project."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/19/2024"These Farmworkers Created America’s Strongest Workplace Heat Rules"
"The sweet, earthy scent of tomatoes hangs in the air as a crew of 44 workers speeds through rows of vines. They fill 32-pound buckets with fruit, then deliver them to co-workers waiting on the backs of flatbed trucks who dump the contents into crates to be sorted and packaged."
Source: Washington Post, 02/19/2024"HEATED: Challenging Objectivity In Climate Journalism"
"Climate change and environmental issues overlap both human rights and science, yet they’re sometimes debated in the mainstream as if they’re purely factual topics that must be devoid of human investment. For instance, to “call out the polluters for polluting” is sometimes deemed advocacy by both readers and editors, says Atkin, in explaining why she started her independent newsletter, HEATED."
Source: Mongabay, 02/19/2024
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