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What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

What we learned this week while reporting: from the nonprofit American Prairie having to remove its bison from seven parcels of public land it leased for grazing to the first potable water system of its kind in Puerto Rico. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Georgia Power, Getty Images, Tim Peterson, Blaine Harden and Sarah Mattalian

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

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✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida has temporarily banned sloth imports following the deaths of dozens of wild-born sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business. The two-month ban, ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, carries national weight as the vast majority of U.S. sloth imports come through the port of Miami.

Orlando-based Sloth World imported over 60 sloths from Peru and Guyana and planned to display them at a tourist attraction where customers could view them up close for $49. Government records showed 31 died in a warehouse shortly after arrival between late 2024 and early 2025. Deaths continued to mount until the attraction shut down, and the only 13 sole survivors were transferred to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Three have since died—and one, Mr. Ginger, is in critical condition.

“One thing that’s become very apparent throughout this whole case is that there is a massive lack of sloth expertise in Florida and in the United States, and people, I think, underestimated just how much specialized care and knowledge it takes to really understand them and know when they’re suffering,” said Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @katie.surma & Kiley Price
📸 Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

The amount of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to last year, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute.

In the August 2025 to March 2026 period, 1,460 square kilometers, or 564 square miles, of land were cut down—the lowest period since 2018.

“In general, when you see not only a pattern, but a trend in reducing deforestation, it means that sort of the actions taken by the government usually are in the right direction,” said Paulo Brando, a researcher and associate professor at Yale School of the Environment.

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✍️ @_gabritiaz_
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The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

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✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

The U.S. has an estimated 3.7 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. 58% of those are not plugged. Left unsealed, the wells leak methane, contaminate drinking water and degrade ecosystems. About 4.6 million Americans live within half a mile of one.

One organization is trying to change that—The Well Done Foundation raises money and awareness to plug and remediate these wells across eight states. Oklahoma alone has about 288,000 abandoned and orphaned wells.

“There’s not a magic wand somebody’s going to wave and there’s not a silver bullet. It’s going to take people, doing hard work day in and day out, to make a difference,” said Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @tinyshocks
📸 J. Matt / @tinyshocks

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s wild blueberry farms contribute almost the entirety of the United States’ commercially sold fruit. The state’s industry harvested nearly 88 million pounds of berries in 2023, earning $361 million in revenue for the state, according to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.

Wild blueberries are smaller and have a stronger flavor than their cultivated counterparts. They’re also typically packed and frozen rather than sold fresh.

“It’s really something that’s a backbone industry to the state and a part of the state’s character,” said Seth Kroeck, a Maine blueberry farmer.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Syndey Cromwell
📸 Sydney Cromwell

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

What we learned this week while reporting: from climate change worsening allergies by extending pollen season to the consequences of a years-long wait for clean energy to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s electric grid. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

🔗 Read the stories at our website, linked in our bio
📸 Photos by Carla Samon Ros, The Denver Post and Getty Images

International scientists warn that the U.S. government is accelerating coral reef collapse around Guam. They say that pressures from the Trump administration to prioritize national security through dredging projects, increased military infrastructure and live firing ranges will cause harm to endangered habitats.

A misunderstanding of coral taxonomy in the Endangered Species Act is also exacerbating the ecological harm to fisheries and reefs. Without intervention, these Pacific habitats now risk the same “functional extinction” experienced in Florida.

“The United States government seems to be softening conservation policies in ways that allow companies and the military to avoid regulations,” said Colin Anthony, a doctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo and the paper’s lead author.

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✍️ @johnnysturgeon
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Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Today, river herring populations are dwindling. They were once abundant and spawning in most rivers along the Atlantic Coast, but now there are stringent limits on fishing to get their numbers back up.

Dams block the river herrings’ passage to their preferred spawning location. The slow-moving, warmer water above dams fosters the growth of harmful algae blooms and lowers dissolved oxygen, harming wildlife habitats and overall river health.

“The number one reason that river herring has declined historically is because of dams,” said Rebecca Swadek, the director of wetlands management for the city Parks Department.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @lauren_dalban
📸 Getty Images, Lauren Dalban and Paul Horn

Acclaimed as a way to strengthen U.S. energy independence, the rush for lithium gained momentum during the Biden administration, but under the mantra of “Drill, Baby, Drill,” President Donald Trump has supercharged it.

Records and interviews highlight mounting pressure on federal officials to fast-track permits and greenlight lithium projects in a fraction of the standard timeline. And to push projects forward, the Trump administration has bought shares in lithium mines to guarantee federal loans. The U.S. is quickly becoming a player in the global lithium market: An analysis of the data shows U.S. lithium global market share rising from less than 1 percent today to as high as 8 percent in the next five years alone.

“American lithium production is going to skyrocket,” said Chris Wright, Department of Energy secretary.

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ Wyatt Myskow, Carla Samon Ros and Johanna Hansel
📸 Wyatt Myskow and Carla Samon Ros

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

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As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

As 97 percent of U.K. households eat fish, the Marine Conservation Society recommended that consumers choose more sustainable alternatives, like Icelandic cod or European hike, instead of North Sea cod after the species’ population has declined due to overfishing and sea temperature changes over the last decade.

And with over 160 million portions of fish and chips sold every year throughout Britain, the shortage is sure to send cultural shockwaves.

“It’s deeply concerning seeing so many of our iconic fisheries—from cod to mackerel—under increasing pressure,” said Chris Graham, head of sustainable seafood and ocean regeneration at MCS. “We need strong action from the U.K. Government to support a transition to low-impact fisheries and sustainable seafood farming.”

🔗 Read more on our website, linked in our bio
✍️ @johnnysturgeon

What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Getty Images, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Steven Rodas

What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Getty Images, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Steven Rodas

What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Getty Images, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Steven Rodas

What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Getty Images, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Steven Rodas

What we learned this week while reporting: from an animal-welfare investigation to wildfires and the water implications of the data center boom. Here’s your weekly roundup of headlines this past week.

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📸 Photos by Getty Images, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Steven Rodas

More than 70 percent of marine protected areas worldwide are contaminated by untreated, or poorly treated, wastewater. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Queensland in Australia.

Excess nutrients found in wastewater can impede corals’ ability to grow properly and withstand increasing pressures from climate change. They also make the animals less tolerant to rising ocean temperatures and more vulnerable to bleaching—a stress response stimulated by warmer waters that causes corals to expel the colorful algae living in their tissues, turning them white.

Wastewater can reach the ocean in several ways. In some places, it starts with the absence of toilets, where rivers and beaches become the default option out of necessity, and waste is left to be washed away by rain and tides. In others, sanitation systems exist but do not keep the waste in check. Addressing this problem will require significant investment from governments as they continue to plan and fund ocean protection.

“Even a perfectly managed marine protected area will fail to achieve benefits for conservation and for people if wastewater keeps flowing in from upstream,” said Amelia Wenger, co-author of the study and global water pollution lead at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

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