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Scientists Testing mRNA Vaccines To Protect Cows And People Against Bird Flu [9]

"The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people."

Environmental Health [10]
Health [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [16], 06/03/2024
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Water Temps Soar In Florida Keys. Can Coral Reefs Stand More Extreme Heat? [17]

"Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Miami Herald [24], 06/03/2024
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Paraquat Ban Stays Alive, Advances In California Legislature [25]

"A proposal to ban the weed killing chemical paraquat cleared the California State Assembly last week and now faces a fight in the State Senate over what would be the first such ban in the country."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: The New Lede [30], 06/03/2024
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"Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator" [31]

"Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
Canada [36]
Source: DeSmog [37], 06/03/2024
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California Comedown: How Illicit Cannabis Farms Have Left A Wilderness [38]

"The golden state legalised marijuana production in 2016, but strict curbs have led to a thriving black market. Its hub is in Siskiyou county, where the environmental damage is clear to see".

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [18]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: Guardian [40], 06/03/2024
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Deadly Threat To General Sherman And California's Beloved Giant Sequoias [41]

"Last week, General Sherman, California's most famous giant sequoia, got a checkup."

Environmental Health [10]
Forests [42]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: LAist [43], 06/03/2024
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"The Climate Refugee Crisis Is Here" [44]

"Catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Many say they won’t go back."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [45]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: Washington Post [47], 05/31/2024
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Dems Urge Justice Department To Prosecute Alleged Oil Industry Price-Fixing [48]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry."

Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [49], 05/31/2024
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Calif. Backs Big Utilities, Trims Incentives For Community Solar Projects [50]

"California’s utilities regulator today adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will actually undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: CalMatters [52], 05/31/2024
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"The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats. Reuters Investigates Where." [53]

"Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses. In this five-part series, Reuters pinpoints the places where the next outbreaks are likeliest."

Biodiversity [18]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [10]
Wildlife [54]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [55], 05/31/2024
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Groups Urge Johnson To Bring Broader Radiation Exposure Bill Next Week [56]

"A coalition of community activists called on House leadership to take up a broader reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) scheduled a vote on a more limited extension next week."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [58], 05/31/2024
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BLM Buys 3,700 Acres Next To Río Grande Del Norte National Monument In NM [59]

"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the acquisition Thursday of about 3,700 acres (1,497 hectares) of land adjacent to the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico near the Colorado border."

Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: AP [61], 05/31/2024
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"Bird Flu Detected In Michigan Dairy Worker" [62]

"Another Michigan dairy worker has been infected with a highly virulent bird flu, marking the third human case since the disease was detected in dairy cattle this spring but the first to report symptoms of respiratory illness."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Wildlife [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [63], 05/31/2024
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Extreme Weather. Few Vaccines. Africa’s Cholera Crisis Is Worse Than Ever [64]

"Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [10]
Public [13]
Africa [65]
Source: AP [66], 05/31/2024
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Texas’ First Flood Plan Estimates 5 Million Live In Flood-Prone Areas [67]

"More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood plan."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [45]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Texas Tribune [68], 05/31/2024
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