"Trump’s First Surgeon General Tries To Stop Nominee From Being Confirmed"
"The president was non-committal when asked Sunday night about Casey Means’s nomination, which has stalled in the Senate."
Source: Washington Post, 03/31/2026
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Why I Write About Extinction
Reporting on species who are gone forever can be disheartening, but don’t let that stop you. After more than two decades on the extinction beat, John R. Platt has learned this work can also be deeply rewarding. He explains why he’s stuck with it and why other journalists should consider joining him in telling the stories of vanishing animals and plants.
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"Scientists Urge Action On Glyphosate, Citing Strong Links To Cancer
"US and European regulators should take urgent action to more tightly regulate glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, in light of strong scientific evidence that the pesticide can cause cancer and other health problems, a group of international scientists said on Friday."
Source: The New Lede, 03/30/2026
"Trump’s New Science Panel Is Stuffed With High-Tech Billionaires"
"U.S. President Donald Trump today unveiled a set of scientific advisers heavily skewed toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, topics his administration has emphasized. The roster, unlike previous iterations of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), features some of the world’s wealthiest people and several of Trump’s biggest political supporters from high-tech industry—but only one academic scientist."
Source: Science, 03/27/2026
NASA Earthdata Offers a New Look at What Satellites See Down Here
The capacity to visualize Earth’s ecosystems in detail is an invaluable aid to reporting on the environment. That’s now being bolstered with an ongoing upgrade to NASA’s Earthdata program, fueled by its ranks of satellites. Reporter’s Toolbox says the refurbishment offers treasures for journalists ranging from oceans, groundwater and land surfaces to the biosphere and atmosphere.
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Insect Decline Poses Foundational Ecological Hazards
Bugs may get a bad rap, but a serious possible global decline in their populations is making clearer what may be lost for ecosystems and human societies. Issue Backgrounder peers beneath the detritus to find what insects do, how we try to kill them and how they survive, and why it’s so hard to pin down the data around their shifting numbers.
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"Record-Torching March Heat ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change"
"On Friday, March 20, eight states set an all-time March heat record, and the U.S. national March heat record was set or tied for the third consecutive day"
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 03/23/2026
"EPA Chief to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis"
"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced."
Source: NYTimes, 03/23/2026
Study Finds “Hot Spots” For Glyphosate And Cancer In Iowa, Midwest States
"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto."
Source: The New Lede, 03/18/2026
"Did Fake Comments Sink SoCal Clean Heat Rules? Advocates Want Answers."
"Last year, Southern California’s air regulators rejected landmark rules that would have encouraged the switch from polluting gas heaters to electric heat pumps in the smoggiest region in the country. Now, environmental and public health advocates are pressing state and local officials to investigate whether opposition in the run-up to the decision was largely faked."
Source: Canary Media, 03/17/2026
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