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"Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage" [1]

"Few spiders in the United States have a more fearsome reputation than black widows. But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 03/15/2023
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"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023" [6]

"Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from consumers and animal rights activists."

Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [7]
Wildlife [8]
Public [3]
International [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 03/15/2023
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"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project" [11]

"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."

Activism [12]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 03/15/2023
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"Scientists Warn Of ‘Phosphogeddon’ As Critical Fertiliser Shortages Loom" [20]

"Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis".

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Food [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [27], 03/14/2023
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"The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes" [28]

"Activists are blaming a recent spate of humpback strandings off New York and New Jersey on seismic exploration by offshore wind companies. But scientists say the deaths are not unusual and are likely due to increased ship traffic and entanglements with fishing gear."

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: YaleE360 [30], 03/14/2023
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"Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves" [31]

"After decades of conservation efforts to protect whales, two recent books shed light on why they’re still threatened—and how we might change that."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
International [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 03/13/2023
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What Will It Take for Geothermal To Heat Up the Renewable Energy Sector? [34]

Geothermal has long been hyped as the next big thing in renewable energy, but its breakthrough moment hasn’t happened yet. Barriers to expansion include the elusiveness of sites offering the magic trio of heat, water and permeability and concern for unique ecosystems. Contributor Jessica McKenzie on geothermal energy’s possibilities and challenges and the government funding that may finally fire it up.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Government [37]
Natural Resources [17]
Science [38]
Technology [39]
Wildlife [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
California [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
International [9]
Australia & Oceania [44]
Europe [45]
Middle East [46]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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"Federal Protection Granted For Imperiled Freshwater Mussels" [47]

"Federal regulators designated two U.S. freshwater mussels as threatened on Wednesday, a further sign of trouble for native mollusks that help cleanse waters by filtering out pollutants as they feed."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [48], 03/09/2023
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Time Running Out to Restore Plants, Animals That Exist Only in Captivity [49]

"At least 33 animals and 39 plants are extinct in the wild. But research suggests there is hope for restoring wild populations."

Biodiversity [2]
Wildlife [8]
Public [3]
International [9]
Source: The Revelator [50], 03/08/2023
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"The Creeping Threat Of The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt" [51]

"Visible from space, an explosion of harmful seaweed now stretches like a sea monster across the ocean. Could robots save us from it – and store carbon in the process?"

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [52], 03/08/2023
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