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"U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research" [1]

"The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a pandemic."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Technology [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [10], 05/08/2024
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Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change [11]

Whether trees fall to chain saws or go up in smoke, deforestation is a major climate change driver. But on-the-ground reporting on forest loss is often challenging. Global Forest Watch provides worldwide land cover change data and tools that can help journalists contextualize deforestation events. Mongabay editor Morgan Erickson-Davis explains the power of this free online platform and shares her favorite features.

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Agriculture [13]
Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Forests [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Science [6]
Technology [7]
Wildlife [19]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [20]
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Epoch Times Promotes Climate Science Denial Ads to Millions Across Europe [21]

"The pro-Trump Epoch Times has run hundreds of anti-climate social media adverts in Europe since the beginning of 2024 that have been seen millions of times, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [6]
Public [8]
International [20]
Source: DeSmog [24], 05/06/2024
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"The Impacts Of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Aren’t The Same For Women, Men" [25]

"While “forever chemicals” have been linked to numerous adverse health impacts from cancers to kidney disease, they also may have disparate impacts on male and female bodies."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [28]
Science [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [29], 05/02/2024
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"Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife" [30]

"Over the past several years, the temperature of the Earth’s oceans have been spiking high enough to trigger numerous die-offs of marine species, killing millions of corals, fish, mammals, birds and plants. Those mass die-offs also have sent a wave of emotional trauma washing over some researchers watching their life’s work vanish before their eyes."

Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Studies [4]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Natural Resources [18]
Science [6]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 05/02/2024
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"Big Oil Hearing: Dems Make Their Case Against The Industry" [34]

"A Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday gave Democrats the chance to highlight new findings in an ongoing congressional investigation seeking to prove that major oil companies waged a decadeslong climate disinformation campaign."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [35], 05/02/2024
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Trump Will Dismantle Key US Weather And Science Agency, Climate Experts Fear [36]

"Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [37]
Science [6]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [38], 04/30/2024
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As Bird Flu Spreads In Cows, Scientists Ask 4 Big Questions [39]

"On Friday, Colorado became the latest state to detect the bird flu virus spreading in dairy cattle. It follows revelations earlier in the week that viral fragments are turning up in retail milk."

Agriculture [13]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [40]
Natural Resources [18]
Science [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [41], 04/29/2024
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"One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu" [42]

"Federal regulators have discovered fragments of bird flu virus in roughly 20 percent of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the Food and Drug Administration said in an online update on Thursday." "There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread."

Agriculture [13]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [40]
Pollution [43]
Science [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [44], 04/26/2024
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"New Government Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta As Most Dangerous Level" [45]

"The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that’s simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening heat waves."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [46], 04/24/2024
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