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02/12/2021

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/02/05/964447070/where-did-the-coronavirus-variants-come-from?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

Scientists are looking at a possible link between the mutations in the U.K. and South Africa — and those in a patient in Boston who had living, growing virus in his body for five months.

01/15/2021

An initiative in Arctic bird conservation shows the value of cooperation across geographical and political boundaries

11/04/2020

https://www.facebook.com/5883397961/posts/10158766240927962/

Nov. 3 marks One Health Day through the CDC that brings attention to addressing shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface and recognizes health of people is connected to health of animals and our shared environment. Learn more at https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/one-health-day.html

09/19/2020

04/17/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/climate/epa-mercury-coal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The agency is changing the way it calculates the benefits of mercury controls, a move that would effectively loosen the rules on other toxic pollutants.

02/04/2020

'I Don't Believe This Is Happening': 911 Call Reveals Chaos After Delta Fuel Dump

NPR has obtained audio of a 911 call made in the immediate aftermath of an incident, where Delta Air Lines Flight 89 dropped 15,000 gallons of jet fuel over the Los Angeles area.

01/28/2020

https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-clean-water-protection-2644896051.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=2e495d6b83-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-2e495d6b83-85389273

"Waters that have been protected for almost 50 years will no longer be protected under the Clean Water Act."

12/03/2019

https://time.com/5736789/small-american-farmers-debt-crisis-extinction

A perfect storm of factors has lead to the biggest crisis for American farmers in decades.

12/03/2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tree-kangaroos-extinct-palm-oil-deforestation-indonesia-asia-a7220731.html

Palm oil is found in crisps, pizza, noodles and donuts, as well as toothpaste, shampoo and biodiesel

11/12/2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/politics/flint-michigan-schools.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The city’s schools, stretched even before the lead crisis, are struggling with demands for individualized education programs and behavioral interventions for children with high lead exposure.

11/12/2019

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2019/11/10/why-are-birds-and-seals-starving-in-a-bering-sea-full-of-fish/

The tally includes a nearly fivefold increase in ice-seal carcasses spotted on shore, along with strandings of emaciated gray whales.

09/22/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q0xUXo2zEY

Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle...