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Scientists Accuse Livestock Industry of Downplaying its Climate Emissions [1]

"A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an “accounting trick” that will imperil the all-out global effort required to control heat-trapping emissions."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 05/21/2026
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Wet Weather in Argentina Helped Fuel the Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak [11]

"The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has created a global public health crisis. But the driver of it is a rodent that weighs about an ounce, and climate shifts this year that have helped increase the odds of transmission."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Health [13]
People & Population [14]
Science [7]
Technology [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [8]
South America [17]
Source: WIRED [18], 05/21/2026
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"Chesapeake Crab Population Rallies A Bit From Long-Term Slump" [19]

"The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs have clawed their way out of the cellar. The dredge survey conducted last winter by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Virginia Institute of Marine Science found that the Bay’s crab population — especially the young crustaceans — have rebounded from a protracted slump, despite an unusually harsh winter."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [20]
Consumer [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Bay Journal [25], 05/20/2026
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Hazard Duty — Government Data Portals Help Report Extreme Weather [26]

When it comes to tracking weather phenomena from heat waves and tornadoes to wildfire smoke or storm surge, environmental journalists could hardly do better than the vast array of data from the National Weather Service, writes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. A tour of data maps and viewers, forecasts and weather insights from the large scale to the local. 

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Reporters Toolbox [27]
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Climate Change [3]
Disasters [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Science [7]
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National (U.S.) [30]
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Public [8]
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"Why Swedish Scientists Gave Salmon Cocaine" [31]

"A recent study caught our eye: salmon on cocaine. Or really, researchers giving salmon cocaine…for science."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Europe [33]
Source: NPR [34], 05/14/2026
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"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico" [35]

"Climate change is causing oceans worldwide to warm. But that year, summertime sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico began heating up at about twice the rate seen in the global oceans."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [39], 05/14/2026
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"Can MAHA Change the Way Medical Schools Teach Nutrition?" [40]

"In early March, in the lobby of the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood alongside medical leaders and other cabinet members to make an announcement. The administration had secured agreements with over 50 medical schools to provide at least 40 hours of nutrition education as part of a medical-school degree, Kennedy said—nearly a third of the roughly 160 accredited medical schools in the United States.

Activism [41]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [42]
Health [13]
People & Population [14]
Science [7]
Technology [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Civil Eats [43], 05/13/2026
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"Marty Makary Out as FDA Commissioner" [44]

"While running the FDA, Makary led efforts to get companies to ditch food dyes and was popular among followers of the MAHA movement."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [42]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [14]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Civil Eats [45], 05/13/2026
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Graphic Content — Journalistic Lessons From Crossing Genres [46]

Today’s teens are growing up in a world of conspicuous climate change, often directly affected by its consequences. Despite their youth, some are at the forefront of the fight against this threat. Freelance journalist and author Meera Subramanian — co-creator of a new nonfiction graphic novel about young climate campaigners — on teens as sources, activism as a topic and the pleasures of collaboration. See a sample of the book [47].

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Activism [41]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [28]
Diversity [49]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [36]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [29]
Pollution [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Science [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
International [9]
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Public [8]
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July 26, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting [53]

Press registration is now open for the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting, the world’s largest gathering of professional ecologists. The 2026 meeting will run from Sunday through Friday, July 26-31, at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT.

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