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The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

Union of Concerned Scientists

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2

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Sangeeta Mangubhai – We need to break the glass ceilings

Frontiers

Author: Thimedi Hetti The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water is about aiming to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. Can you tell us a little about your background and career? We spent a lot of time swimming in the sea.

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

But how long can that last? . A new narrative about water and irrigation is becoming more significant in Michigan as the century progresses. Once concentrated in southwest Michigan, high-volume irrigation wells have spread north as far as Antrim County, and through central Michigan. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C. Last August, in an amalgamation of ‘The Green New Deal’ meets ‘Build Back Better’, President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gifted the renewables industry with billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. By Jessica Fu, The Counter.

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Canada’s next big shift: Examples of what do and what to avoid

Enviromental Defense

Canada needs to phase out fossil fuels, but we can’t leave families and communities impacted by that transition to fend for themselves. The good news is we are not starting from scratch: there are a number of examples of community transitions to learn from and get inspired by as Canada makes the shift.

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Unlocking US science for healthy lives on a healthy planet

Frontiers

On 25 August 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) unveiled vital new policy guidance to make the results of federally funded scientific research in the United States immediately free to access and available to all. We strongly backed that guidance and we outline here our thoughts on implementation.

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