"The Tick That Makes People Allergic To Red Meat Is in D.C."
"One bite from a lone star tick could cause an allergy to red meat for life"
Source: Washington Post, 05/02/2022
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Calif. Accuses Exxon Deceiving Public, Push ‘Myth’ Of Plastics Recycling
"California’s attorney general has announced a first-of-its kind investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their alleged role in causing and exacerbating a global crisis in plastic waste pollution."
Source: LA Times, 05/02/2022
"EPA Proposes Scaling Back Weedkiller Tied To Cancer"
"EPA has proposed to end the use of the weedkiller diuron on most food crops, citing cancer risks to people who are exposed as well as danger to bees and other wildlife."
Source: E&E News, 05/02/2022
"Rob Bilott On His 20-Year Fight Against Forever Chemicals"
"Last month, an Ohio court certified a class action lawsuit brought by lawyer Rob Bilott that would cover 7 million people – and at some point possibly everyone living in the United States – who have been exposed to certain hazardous “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS."
Source: Guardian, 05/02/2022
New Iron Curtain Eroding Norway's Hard-Won Ties With Russia On Arctic
"Capt. Pal Bratbak has patrolled the Barents Sea for decades. His Norwegian coast guard search and rescue cutter mostly chases after distress calls from fishermen. The fishermen are chasing the cod — and the cod sometimes lead them astray."
Source: NPR, 05/02/2022
"Rescuing The Massive Swamp Our Country Depends On But Has Mostly Forgotten"
"Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects a critical coast. But years of exploitation and neglect have made it a “ticking time bomb.”"
Source: HuffPost, 05/02/2022
"Buffeted by Weather, a Historic Black Town Strives To Endure"
"As she exits her hometown’s only restaurant clutching an order of cabbage and hush puppies, Carolyn Suggs Bandy pauses to boast about a place that stakes its claim as the oldest town chartered by Black Americans nearly 140 years ago."
Source: AP, 05/02/2022
"Why Americans Became More Vulnerable to Oil Price Spikes"
"When prices soared years ago, Americans launched broad efforts to wean the nation off oil and gas to protect households from price swings. But then supply rose and plans fizzled."
Source: NYTimes, 05/02/2022
"EPA Staff Backs Status Quo On Ozone Limits In Blow To Enviros"
"EPA staffers have tentatively concluded that the agency’s ground-level ozone standards do not need to be strengthened, reaffirming a Trump administration decision on one of the agency’s most closely watched pollutant limits."
Source: E&E News, 05/02/2022
"Firefighters Battling New Mexico Blaze Brace For Wind"
"More than 1,000 firefighters backed by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the US on Saturday after strong winds pushed it across some containment lines and closer to a town in northern New Mexico."
Source: AP, 05/02/2022
