"Mosquito-Borne Disease Has Cost The World Billions, Researchers Say"
"Scientists say there were 18.7 million chikungunya cases that exacted a total cost of nearly $50 billion over a decade."
Source: Washington Post, 12/09/2024
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"Lee Zeldin Didn’t Ask To Head EPA. Here’s Why Trump Picked Him."
"When he served as a Republican congressman from New York, Lee Zeldin delighted environmentalists by championing efforts to protect critical wildlife habitat from potential development efforts, including a golf course proposed by Donald Trump." "Now, as Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Zeldin is pledging to deliver on the president-elect’s promise to eliminate several environmental regulations that the fossil fuel industry views as burdensome, according to half a dozen Senate Republicans who met with Zeldin this week."
Source: Washington Post, 12/09/2024
Biden Proposes Raising Acceptable Threshold For Common Agricultural Pesticide
"The Biden administration is proposing to raise a key threshold determining how much of a pesticide that’s commonly used in the agriculture industry the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds concerning in the environment — spurring ire from some environmental advocates."
Source: The Hill, 12/09/2024
"Rat Poison Harms Endangered Wildlife Up and Down the Food Chain, EPA Warns"
"In humanity’s war against rats, other animals are often collateral. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final biological evaluation on rodenticides on Nov. 22 and found that the rat poisons are jeopardizing at least 78 endangered species such as black-footed ferrets and California condors."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/09/2024
"The Climate Risk to the Mortgage System"
"As sea levels rise and natural disasters become more intense, homes in low-lying coastal areas or tinder-dry mountains are starting to lose value. That’s a problem for the finances of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises that back half of the nation’s outstanding mortgages — and keep the residential real estate market liquid by buying mortgages from banks and repackaging them into securities."
Source: NYTimes, 12/09/2024
"Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits."
"For decades, a little-known company now owned by a Goldman Sachs fund has been making millions of dollars from the unlikely dregs of American life: sewage sludge."
Source: NYTimes, 12/09/2024
"E.P.A. Bans Cancer-Causing Chemicals Used in Dry Cleaning"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned two solvents found in everyday products that can cause cancer and other serious diseases. It was a move long sought by environmental and health advocates, even as they braced for what could be a wave of deregulation by the incoming Trump administration."
Source: NYTimes, 12/09/2024
"USDA Orders Nationwide Testing Of Milk For Bird Flu To Halt The Virus"
"The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows."
Source: AP, 12/09/2024
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Will Trump 2.0 ‘Come After’ Journalists?
If the idea of an FBI director targeting journalists seems oh so last century, then Donald Trump’s prospective pick for the post has news for you. And that isn’t even the all of it. As WatchDog Opinion writes, the incoming administration bodes a litany of woes for free speech advocates, starting with the misuse of the law to try to silence a critical press. What should be done?
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