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Study shows increase in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance around the world
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance increased 3.7% between 2020 and 2021, according to a new study from researchers at the CUNY Graduate…
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Could Human Pee Be the Key to Saving Seagrass? | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy Around the world, seagrass is in decline. But University of Florida biogeochemist Patrick Inglett and…
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Gardening can cultivate better mental health
Many longtime gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. New research suggests that many people may…
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Researchers decode retinal circuits for circadian rhythm, pupillary light response: Photoreceptor cells in mice drive vision and non-vision functions using distinct circuits in the eye
The eye’s light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision…
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Thyroid problems linked to increased risk of dementia
Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study…
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‘It’s not a good look’ Prince Charles ‘doesn’t like using helicopters’ over climate cost
Prince Charles is against the royal family using helicopters to travel to and from visits, Royal commentator Richard Palmer has told…
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Symptoms of Cancer: 10 Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
One of the tricky things about detecting and diagnosing some early-stage cancers is that, often, they don’t actually cause any…
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Could Spicy Saffron Benefit Your Health?
Saffron adds a lovely color to your food. Could it add a big boost to your health as well? Registered…
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Cómo Pfizer le ganó a la pandemia, alcanzando influencia y ganancias descomunales
Los más de dos años agotadores de pandemia han producido enormes beneficios para una empresa, Pfizer, lo que la ha…
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Mindfulness for Kids: What It Is and 7 Tips To Start
Life can feel unnerving in a seemingly endless stream of stressful world events announced in worrisome headlines. That’s true if…
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Nasal Spray for Allergies: What to Know and How to Choose
If you deal with seasonal allergies and don’t use a nasal spray, we’ve got just one question for you: What are you…
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More than 100 Michigan public water sources meet new, lower EPA contamination levels
TRAVERSE CITY — New standards from the EPA could mean more than a hundred more water sources in Michigan could…
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Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage – Inside Climate News
Sara Bundy, her husband and 12-year-old son moved to Sparrows Point near the Back River in Baltimore County four years…
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Miami pediatrician ousted from state board for her comments about COVID vaccine policy
Dr. Lisa Gwynn, a pediatrician with the University of Miami Health System and the president of the Florida chapter of…
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Peter Dykstra: American Invasive Species Hall of Fame, part 2
Sequels are rarely as good as the original. But here are five more invasive species for the American Invasive Species…
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Study: Drilling waste on Pennsylvania roads bad for health, land
Lick Run Road in Lycoming County, PA, north of Williamsport, makes up part of the roughly 25,000 miles of dirt…
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Permit denied: New York says Bitcoin mining operation in Finger Lakes violates climate law
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has denied the permit renewal for Greenidge Generation, a natural-gas-fired plant in…
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Offshore wind farms could reduce Atlantic City’s surfclam fishery revenue up to 25%, Rutgers study suggests | StateImpact Pennsylvania
The Atlantic surfclam industry generates about $30 million in yearly revenue. But a new study shows offshore wind development planned…
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Krajewski, Frankel introduced fracking health bill
AP file photos Work is pictured at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary’s, Pa. After nearly a…
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LISTEN: A Daily Dose—an easy pill to swallow
A picture is worth a thousand words, but can we paint that picture with a podcast? This was the challenge…
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Live in an apartment? You can now share solar with everyone in your building
At an apartment building in Orlando, Florida, some tenants will now get solar power directly from panels on the roof.…
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The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive
Today’s major environmental ruling from the Supreme Court, West Virginia v. EPA, is probably most notable for what it did…
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June had the fewest rainy days in Pittsburgh in past 10 years
It’s been a dry June in Pittsburgh, to say the least. There were only nine days in Southwest Pennsylvania with…
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As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers? | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Last June, as a record-breaking heatwave baked Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Sebastian Francisco Perez was moving irrigation lines at a large…
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Will carbon capture help clean N.M. power? | Energy News Network
This story is co-published with High Country News, a nonprofit media organization that covers issues and stories that define the…
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A Year After Lytton Fire, Residents Wait for Answers and Action | The Tyee
One year after a wildfire tore through the village of Lytton, destroying most of the town, residents are still waiting…
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The billionaire blocking off Montana’s wildlife: ‘Like fencing people out of Walmart’
Almost immediately after their new billionaire neighbor put up miles of 5ft fences around his Montana ranch, complaints started coming…
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Awake prone positioning does not offer benefit in reducing intubation for COVID-19 induced acute respiratory failure
A large multicenter, randomized clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of endotracheal intubation requirement at 30 days between…
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To Cut Ocean Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Turns to Renewable Gear
Erin Adams steers a refurbished lobster boat down Harraseeket River toward Casco Bay in southern Maine. As she passes the…
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High water, more flooding impacting Upper Mississippi River
High water and longer-lasting flooding are changing the habitat along the Upper Mississippi River, according to a new report analyzing…
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Historic Yellowstone flooding brings renewal despite destruction
When spring rains and melting snowpack rushed down the mountains of southwest Montana in mid-June, flooding the Yellowstone River and…
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Havasupai tribe: Pinion Plain uranium mine threatens our existence
For decades, the Havasupai Tribe has voiced its opposition against the operation of Pinyon Plain Mine, a uranium mine located…
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In West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court Will Decide Whether We Act on Climate Change
“],”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on West Virginia v. EPA this week, potentially deciding the…
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South Fork Wind Adopts Enhanced Right Whale Protections
A new conservation agreement ensures that an offshore wind project set to supply New York with enough renewable power for…
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Antibiotic use and sepsis make recent improvements: In 152 hospitals, efforts to treat sepsis faster have not resulted in antibiotic overuse
Hospitals and policymakers alike have banded together to improve recognition and treatment of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection, which…
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A ‘carbon bomb’ or desperately needed energy? Alaskan village holds key to Biden’s climate policy.
Placeholder while article actions load NUIQSUT, Alaska — On the fifth day of the gas leak, Bruce Nukapigak loaded 14…
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Importing water to save the Salton Sea is long overdue.
For various reasons, the Salton Sea is drying: rural-urban water transfers and sales, drought and manmade pollution. We have local…
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Study Finds Human-Created Microplastics in Flathead Lake – Flathead Beacon
A recent study conducted at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station confirmed microplastic pollution in Flathead Lake, which…
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Milwaukee to join cities nationwide in measuring the “urban heat island” effect from climate change | The Milwaukee Independent
On one 90-degree day this summer, volunteer citizen scientists with weather sensors attached to vehicles will spread out across Milwaukee…
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Firing up the grill with less pollution
If you’re planning to barbeque over the Fourth of July weekend, consider grilling in ways that emit less air pollution. Ali Ghasemi,…
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‘A subtraction problem:’ A shrinking Colorado River faces sharp, sudden cuts – The Nevada Independent
Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Environment newsletter. As always, we want to hear from readers. Let us know…
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Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans
The yellow and blue of Ukraine’s flag evokes the country’s bountiful wheat beneath a cloudless sky. Today, smoke from artillery…
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What overturning Roe v. Wade means for pregnant people in pollution hotspots
For many pregnant people in Baytown, Texas, there aren’t a whole lot of options. That’s not just in terms of…
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Here’s How School Shooting Survivors Are Healing, Helping, and Fostering Hope
Trauma can be extremely difficult to process, especially for those who endured gun violence within the very place they are…
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$53.3 million. 33 jobs. No plan. That’s how Mississippi lawmakers are spending BP oil spill money.
Mississippi legislators created an advisory board to help guide the spending of BP oil spill money in the six counties…
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With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland – Inside Climate News
The Chesapeake Bay Program reported on Wednesday that Maryland’s wastewater treatment facilities, operating in violation of discharge permits, contributed significant…
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PTT Global Chemical America Picks Central Ohio for Plastics Recycling Facility
GROVE CITY, Ohio — Although it has not announced whether it will build an ethane cracker plant at Dilles Bottom,…
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‘Representation Is Huge’: Trans, Non-Binary Pro Runner Nikki Hiltz Signs With Lululemon
It’s so funny, in my career, big things usually happen in June—that’s just the way our schedule is [in track…
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Port of Morrow continued to pollute after January fine, now faces $2.1 million fine, state says – InvestigateWest
By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle / June 17, 2022 Following a record fine in January for illegally dumping…
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Trump’s Legacy Looms Large as Colorado Aims to Close the Hispanic Insurance Gap
Armando Peniche Rosales has a crooked toe that for years has predicted the weather, growing sensitive when rain or cold…
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