Agriculture

"Bees Facing a Poisoned Spring"

"A new generation of pesticides is making honeybees far more susceptible to disease, even at tiny doses, and may be a clue to the mysterious colony collapse disorder that has devastated bees across the world, the US government's leading bee researcher has found. Yet the discovery has remained unpublished for nearly two years since it was made by the US Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory."

Source: UK Independent, 01/20/2011

Long-Banned Pesticide Still Showing Up In Long Beach And Other Communities

"A highly toxic pesticide that was banned in California more than two decades ago is still widely used across the state, potentially endangering communities near farm fields and bustling shipyards, according to a new study."

Source: LA Times, 01/23/2026

"Bureau of Land Management Revokes American Prairie Bison Leases"

"The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking grazing permits in Phillips County [Montana] that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison."

Source: Montana Free Press, 01/22/2026

How EPA Ethics Officials Cleared Former Industry Insiders To Be Regulators

"Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials have interpreted impartiality guidelines in a way that has allowed several former industry insiders to oversee dramatic changes to chemical regulations, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show."

Source: Washington Post, 01/20/2026

Iran’s Regime Has Survived War. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.

"Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country."

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/15/2026

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