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2025

02/27/2025, University of Texas at Arlington Study: Birds Breath In Dangerous Plastics - and So Do We. 

Summary reported in EcoWatch 03/03/2024 https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-birds-lungs.html

 

05/14/2025 VOX reports on winners in taste test of plant based meats. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/411819/best-plant-based-meat-impossible-beyond-gardein-tofurky

 

2024

12-12-25, Monarchs proposed for listing as a "threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act.

Federal Register Notice: 

50 CFR Part 17

Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2024-0137; FXES1111090FEDR-256-FF09E21000

 

Arctic Tundra shifts from carbon sink to carbon source 

 

Monarch Butterfly Migration in Crisis: Researchers cast doubt on a long-held theory on population trends-Sierra Magazine 

 

Rose Essential Oil is a Safe and Effective Pesticide, 03/22/2024 Ecowatch

 

United Nations Report on Migratory Species - February 2024

 

2023

Why do Some Bird Species Incorporate Anthropogenic More Materials into Their Nests than Others?

July 2023 The Royal Society publication

 

Addressing the Problem of Plastics from EARTHDAY.ORG:

Life in Plastic is not Fantastic 

 

What You Need to Know about the Impacts of Plastic on Human Health 

 

Oil Rich Countries (including the United States) Hinder Reduction of Global Plastic Production

 

Plastics in Water 

 

Electric Cars are not the Only Answer to Solve Climate Change - Looking at Norway

 

King Arthur Baking Company Launches Climate Blend Flour 

 

2023 was hottest year on record  

The Vegan School Lunch

 

Glyphosate study on pregnant Women 

 

Suburban Backyard Home to One Thousand Species

 

Endangered Species Act Turns Fifty