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From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [1]

Media coverage of “bugs” is often sensationalistic and centered on fear and disgust. But conservation photographer and writer Danae Wolfe says journalists should be highlighting the importance, beauty and plight of insects and spiders. Reporting that offers alternative perspectives on these essential creatures can inspire curiosity and admiration, and encourage efforts to protect them. Wolfe on why to write about insects.

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Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Food [10]
Forests [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
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Public [18]
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UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [19]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [6]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [13]
Public [18]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 06/02/2025
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Colorado River Is Running Low. Groundwater Looks Even Worse, Study Says. [26]

"The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to a new study that uses satellite data to measure groundwater supplies across the Colorado River Basin."

Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Studies [9]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 05/29/2025
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"Is Another Locust Invasion Heading For Africa?" [34]

"The United Nations is warning countries in northwest Africa to boost monitoring and begin early control measures as swarms of desert locusts move into the region."

Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Disasters [27]
Food [10]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [23]
Wildlife [15]
Public [18]
Africa [35]
Middle East [36]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [37], 05/28/2025
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RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals [38]

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [6]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [39]
Environmental Studies [9]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Politico [40], 05/28/2025
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Pesticide Firms Ask Lawmakers For Immunity From Lawsuits By Sick Farmers [41]

"Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted."  “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer."

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Pollution [13]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Source: KWQC [43], 05/28/2025
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Advocates Applaud MAHA Report On Chemical Harms, But Say It Falls Short [44]

"Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.'

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [6]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Food [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [45], 05/28/2025
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In India, Indigenous Women Make ‘Dream Maps’ To Protect Lands From Warming [46]

"At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The bounty of communal farming, foraging and fishing marks the start of a new season."

Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [7]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
Asia [47]
Source: AP [48], 05/27/2025
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In West Bank, Hope for Future in Link Between Land and People [49]

On a tour of the West Bank this spring, Yessenia Funes found a region where the relationship between land and people serves as a counterweight to occupation and the threat of violence. For her Voices of Environmental Justice column, Funes exhorts fellow environment journalists to report on that struggle, through stories that touch on wildlife, wildfire, food, climate and more.

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Climate Change [7]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [39]
Food [10]
Government [51]
Journalism & Media [12]
Military [52]
People & Population [23]
Policy [53]
Water & Oceans [29]
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Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [54]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [39]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Mexico [55]
Source: Texas Tribune [56], 05/23/2025
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