Environmental Health

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

Maryland Supreme Court Dismisses Baltimore And Annapolis Climate Lawsuits

"In a scathing decision issued Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Maryland tossed out climate change lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies by Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, ruling the localities were stepping on the toes of the federal government."

Source: Maryland Matters, 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

"Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows 70 Percent Efficacy, Pfizer Says"

"Four doses of an experimental vaccine to protect against Lyme disease reduced the number of tick-borne infections by more than 70 percent, according to Pfizer and Valneva, the pharmaceutical companies developing the shot." "If approved by regulators, it could become the only Lyme disease vaccine available for people — although it would not be the first."

Source: Washington Post, 03/25/2026

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