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Biodiversity
Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
Newly Leaked: CRS Explainers To Help Environmental Journalists
The Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy publishes leaked copies of Congressional Research Service research papers. Here are a few recent ones of use to environmental journalists.
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"Dredging of Miami Port Badly Damaged Coral Reef, Study Finds"
"The large-scale dredging of Miami’s port to accommodate the newest generation of freighters, an undertaking that prompted a long-running battle with environmentalists, caused widespread damage to a portion of the area’s fragile and already distressed coral reef, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2016
"Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge"
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"A Predator Fish In California Has Lost Its White House Support"
"A still-controversial 1992 law intended to boost California’s striped-bass population can be scaled back, the Obama administration now believes."
Source: McClatchy, 04/21/2016
Scientist Says USDA Used Press Office To Silence Him
Scientist Jonathan Lundgren (left), who has been researching the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on Monarch butterflies, filed a whistleblower complaint and lost. And, Lundgren claimed his supervisors at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service told him not to talk to news media and punished him when he did.
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