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USGS to Release Water Contamination Reports
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How the Shutdown Is Delaying Climate Data and Undercutting Scientists
"If you want official numbers on how 2018 ranks in the annals of recent record-breaking temperatures, you’ll have to wait."
Source: NY Times, 01/16/2019
Study Questions EPA’s Cancer Classification Of Glyphosate Weed Killer
"Researcher says the EPA has disregarded substantial evidence that the popular herbicide is linked to cancer".
Source: EHN, 01/15/2019
How Fossil Fuel Industry Got Media To Think Climate Change Was Debatable
A decades-long multi-million dollar covert PR campaign by fossil fuel industries has manipulated many media outlets to give equal time to figures who deny established climate science.
Source: Washington Post, 01/11/2019
"Another Casualty of the Government Shutdown: Hurricane Preparedness"
"Weather models are not being updated and training sessions might be canceled during the budget standoff".
Source: Scientific American, 01/10/2019
Shutdown Raises Fears of Scientific Data Loss, Climate Research Delays
"National Hurricane Center staff would normally be working on forecast improvements: 'We can't do any research and development for the next hurricane season.'"
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/10/2019
Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' For More Productive Crops
"There's a big molecule, a protein, inside the leaves of most plants. It's called Rubisco, which is short for an actual chemical name that's very long and hard to remember."
Source: NPR, 01/09/2019
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