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C.D.C. closes some offices over bacteria discovery

by Pete Myers on August 8, 2020 at 9:33 pm

The move highlights the risk of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks when buildings are reopened after coronavirus lockdowns.

India’s food bowl heads toward desertification

by Peter Dykstra on August 8, 2020 at 7:35 pm

Water-guzzling rice consumes more water than Punjab can recharge. If current irrigation rates continue, the state will empty its groundwater reserves within 20 years.

Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

by Peter Dykstra on August 8, 2020 at 5:24 pm

Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local economies and communities, […]

Voluntary phase-out by industry of certain PFAS used in food packaging

by Peter Dykstra on August 8, 2020 at 5:05 pm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a voluntary phase-out of certain types of grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food

I’m a conservative Christian environmentalist. No, that’s not an Oxymoron.

by Peter Dykstra on August 8, 2020 at 1:52 pm

The G.O.P. may have had a politically expedient change of heart. Better late than never.

Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

by Peter Dykstra on August 8, 2020 at 11:08 am

Peter Dykstra and Host Steve Curwood discuss major tobacco companies' pursuit of a tobacco-based vaccine for COVID-19, then move on to discuss the flooding of the last […]

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