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 Yet the discovery has remained unpublished for nearly two years since it was made by the US Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory."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 Overlooked as Crucial to Life, Fungi Start to Get Their Due"

"Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international scientific community to recognize fungi on the same level as plants and animals."

Source: YaleE360, 03/27/2026

"US Has Caused $10Tn Worth Of Climate Damage Since 1990, Research Finds"

"The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found."

Source: Guardian, 03/27/2026

Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save Planet from Climate Change: Study

"New research shows the carbon absorbed by the Everglades is equal to 10 percent of the emissions coming from Florida roadways, but the watershed’s methane emissions complicate the picture."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2026

"EPA Hands Biofuels Industry Small Win With E15 Waiver"

"The Trump administration’s decision to lift restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol fuel again this summer could help soften the blow of higher gas prices — but it’s not the big win the biofuels industry has been seeking."

Source: E&E News, 03/26/2026

Iowa Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon: Report

"Iowa is among a few states where cancer diagnoses are on the rise. A new analysis from the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement and the Iowa Environmental Council says that environmental exposures are partially to blame."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2026

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