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Collapsing Bird Numbers In N. America Prompt Fears Of Ecological Crisis [1]

"Bird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new research, prompting fears of ecological collapse in previously protected areas."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Wildlife [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [11]
Mexico [12]
Source: Guardian [13], 05/02/2025
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May 22, 2025

Uncovering Agriculture's Climate Impact: A Food Systems Forensics Webinar, Hosted by FFJN [14]

Panelists Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown & Helen Harwatt of Chatham House will share the latest research on the industrial food system and the climate crisis, followed by an on-the-record Q and A hosted by a member of the Food and Farming Journalism Network. 11:00 AM ET.

Other Events [15]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Food [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [18]

"UN Chemicals Negotiators To Debate Potential Global Chlorpyrifos Ban" [19]

"The biennial Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions will consider banning the controversial pesticide and two other toxic compounds"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
International [18]
Source: C&EN [23], 05/01/2025
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"EPA Allows High-Ethanol Gasoline To Be Used All Year" [24]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be used year-round."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [28], 04/29/2025
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N. Dakota Enacts First US Law Shielding Roundup From Some Cancer Lawsuits [29]

"A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Source: AP [32], 04/29/2025
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Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Cancel Beloved Farm-To-School Program [33]

"The abrupt cancellation of a beloved farm-to-school grant program threatens food access, school gardens, and small farms nationwide."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [26]
Food [16]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [35]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Grist [36], 04/25/2025
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"Like The Ritz For Wildlife: The Joy Of Recreating Britain’s Ancient Hedges" [37]

"The 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the land like aeroplane contrails. Although the open moorland looks wild, we are standing on some of the UK’s oldest farmland. These ridges, called reaves, are the ghosts of farming’s most wildlife-rich legacy: hedges." "Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves".

Activism [38]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Forests [39]
Natural Resources [7]
Wildlife [8]
Public [9]
Europe [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 04/24/2025
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"In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work" [42]

"A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation."

"The solar panels on the churches were inspired by Scripture.

So were the LED lights throughout the buildings, the electric-vehicle charging stations, the native pollinator gardens and organic food plots, the composting, the focus on consuming less and reusing more.

Activism [38]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [35]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [43]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 04/23/2025
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"White House Ousts Top Official In U.S.-Mexico Water Wars" [46]

"The Trump administration on Monday demanded the resignation of the top federal official overseeing a dispute between the United States and Mexico over untreated sewage flowing across the border into California."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [26]
Government [47]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mexico [12]
Source: Washington Post [50], 04/23/2025
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"Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done?" [51]

"For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [30]
Food [16]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Waste [52]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 04/22/2025
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