13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (821+ words) California dairies are out of balance. Everyone from environmentalists to regulators to the industry agrees that the nitrogen from milk cow manure is ending up where it can pose a health threat. Excess nitrogen from dairies turns into excess nitrate…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1354+ words) Last week, a day that ecologists and virologists in California have feared for years finally arrived." Officials confirmed seven weaned northern elephant seal pups tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) amid a national surge of the deadly virus. When…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (1029+ words) Scientists have long warned that a warming world is likely to hasten the spread of infectious diseases, making vaccination even more critical to safeguard public health." And though most scientists hail vaccines as one of public health's greatest achievements, they…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1203+ words) Each spring, humpback whales start to feed off the coast of California and Oregon on dense schools of anchovies, sardines and krill'prey sustained by cool, nutrient-rich water that seasonal winds draw up from the deep ocean." That process, known as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1318+ words) From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio's environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Dan Fagin, a journalism professor at New York University. The amazing monarch butterfly is as beautiful as it is mysterious. Every…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (139+ words) As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the federal government's ability to act against climate change, the real fight to curb carbon emissions is shifting to the state level. Case in point: Pennsylvania. Kiley, who reports on the Keystone State…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1090+ words) The buzz of bees at Concrete Plant Park in the South Bronx is a hint to some grand ambitions for job opportunities in this once abandoned industrial site. For nearly 50 years, the massive silos near the Bronx River were home…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1719+ words) TURKEY, N.C.The Align RNG biogas processing facility here is so small, you would miss it if you weren't looking for it. Just four small silver mounds beside a massive 100-foot grain silo under which trucks drive day-in, day-out loading up…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (850+ words) After years of relying on voluntary grant and incentive programs to bring down a potent climate pollutant from dairy and livestock operations, California is looking into developing a rule to require reductions directly. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) put…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1002+ words) Lawmakers from both parties agreed at a congressional hearing Tuesday that the federal government must act to address the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires, but they were sharply divided over how, and whether pending legislation known as the Fix Our…...