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"Jerry Brown to Announce a Climate Summit Meeting in California"

"On Thursday evening, Governor Brown will mount a new challenge to the administration on climate change. In a videoconference address to a global citizen festival in Hamburg, Germany, where President Trump and other officials will negotiate wording of a statement on the Paris climate change accord, Governor Brown will issue a sweeping invitation to a global 'climate action' summit meeting in San Francisco."

Source: NY Times, 07/06/2017

"Trump May Find Some Allies on Climate Change at G-20 Meeting"

"Western European efforts to isolate President Trump for rejecting the Paris climate change agreement appear to be faltering as leaders gather for a summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany, at the end of the week."

Source: NY Times, 07/06/2017

"The ‘Rewilding’ of a Century-Old Cranberry Bog"

"Scientists are turning a cranberry bog back into coastal wetland. The experiment is seen as a path for dormant bogs and another chance for vanishing habitat."

Source: NY Times, 07/05/2017

"A Dam Could Derail The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup"

"The $19 billion bid to clean the Chesapeake Bay and restore its health rests on a simple plan: cut the amount of nutrient waste — involving nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment — that causes most of the bay’s pollution."

Source: Washington Post, 07/05/2017

This Creature Has 10 Eyes, Legs That Chew, And Blood That Saves Lives

"KITTS HUMMOCK, Del. — All along the shoreline, for as far as you can see, slick shells of horseshoe crabs glisten in the fading daylight. Listen closely, and you can hear their subtle clacking and the whisper of water over their carapaces."

Source: Washington Post, 07/05/2017

"With a Tick Boom, It’s Not Just Lyme Disease You Have to Fear"

"Everybody knows about Lyme disease. But experts say the Northern United States may be in for a bad tick season this summer, raising concerns about Lyme and other scary tick-borne diseases, including the Powassan virus, which causes encephalitis and can leave people with permanent neurological damage."

Source: NY Times, 07/05/2017

"Steamers Out Of Steam? Beloved Bivalves Aren’t Happy Clams"

"The soft-shell clams that are harvested by hand and raked from the mud flats of Maine are becoming less plentiful, and the downward trend jeopardizes one of New England’s oldest and most historic coastal industries."

Source: AP, 07/05/2017

"Miami Beach Doctor Files Lawsuit To Stop Mosquito Spraying"

"A Miami Beach doctor who last year helped spearhead angry opposition to using the pesticide naled has filed an emergency request in federal court to stop Miami-Dade County from conducting aerial spraying in its seasonal battle against native marsh mosquitoes."

Source: Miami Herald, 07/05/2017

"Congress Is Cool To Trump’s Proposal To End Heating Aid"

"PORTLAND, Maine — The summer air is sizzling as the Fourth of July approaches, yet 86-year-old Richard Perkins already worries about how he’s going to stay warm this winter."

Source: AP, 07/05/2017

"US-Cuba Sea Mission Finds Healthy Reefs, Invasive Lionfish"

"A joint U.S.-Cuban expedition to explore the island's coral reefs uncovered a surprisingly healthy ecosystem and large schools of mackerel with significant commercial value, scientists involved in the mission said Tuesday."

Source: AP, 07/05/2017

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