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Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [1]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month,  killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

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"British Apiarists Knew It All Along: Honey Is The Bee's Knees" [14]

"When honey made headlines this week as a better treatment for coughs and colds than antibiotics, beekeepers sat smugly by. “I’ve been saying this for ages,” says Carly Hooper, who has 12 hives near her home in Fleet, Hampshire, and a honey-based business."

Agriculture [3]
Health [15]
Public [13]
Africa [16]
Europe [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 08/24/2020
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"The Dreaded Lanternfly, Scourge of Agriculture, Spreads in New Jersey" [19]

"The insect poses a serious threat to American crops, particularly vineyards, and inspires creative backyard methods of eliminating them."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Wildlife [20]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 08/24/2020
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"Is The Way Cattle Are Grazed The Key To Saving America's Prairies?" [23]

"An unlikely alliance of ranchers and conservationists is working to find the best way to preserve biodiversity on grassland in Oregon".

Agriculture [3]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [25], 08/21/2020
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Climate Change Hits Colorado With Wildfires, Drought, Record Heat [26]

"Climate change hit home in Colorado this week, exacerbating multiple environmental calamities: wildfires burning across 135,423 acres, stream flows shrinking to where state officials urged limits on fishing, drought wilting crops, and record temperatures baking heat-absorbing cities."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Source: Denver Post [32], 08/20/2020
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Farming Releases Carbon From Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back? [33]

"Traditional farming depletes the soil and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But decades ago, a scientist named Rattan Lal helped start a movement based on the idea that carbon could be put back into the soil — a practice known today as 'regenerative agriculture.'"

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [27]
Public [13]
International [11]
Source: NPR [34], 08/20/2020
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"From Farm To Factory: The Unstoppable Rise Of American Chicken" [35]

"How industrial chicken farming transformed an ‘alternative’ meat to the most consumed meat in the US".

Agriculture [3]
Economy & Business [36]
Food [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [38], 08/19/2020
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"Brazil Fires Threaten World's Largest Wetland" [39]

"Flames are ravaging Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, approaching the region’s main highway and threatening endangered species amid a near-record number of fires."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [5]
Forests [40]
Public [13]
South America [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 08/19/2020
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"First U.S. Cases Of Coronavirus In Mink Found At Utah Fur Farms" [43]

"Mink at two Utah fur farms have tested positive for the virus that causes covid-19 in humans, the Department of Agriculture said Monday, announcing the first U.S. cases in a species that has been widely culled in Europe following outbreaks there."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [44]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [28]
Health [15]
Wildlife [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [45], 08/18/2020
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"Global Warming Could Unlock Carbon From Tropical Soil" [46]

"Humble dirt could pack an unexpected climate punch, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. An experiment that heated soil underneath a tropical rainforest to mimic temperatures expected in the coming decades found that hotter soils released 55 percent more planet-warming carbon dioxide than did nearby unwarmed areas."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [27]
Forests [40]
Public [13]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [47], 08/13/2020
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