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[https://www.earth.com/news/deadly-fungus-aspergillus-that-can-eat-you-from-the-inside-out-is-quietly-spreading-around-the-world/ by Eric Ralls 15/6/25 Earth.com] | [https://www.earth.com/news/deadly-fungus-aspergillus-that-can-eat-you-from-the-inside-out-is-quietly-spreading-around-the-world/ by Eric Ralls 15/6/25 Earth.com] | ||
Most molds and fungi are helpful, but some fungus and mold will jump from hospital wards to honeybee hives, and the line between helpful recycler and harmful invader grows blurrier each year. | Most molds and fungi are helpful, but some fungus and mold will jump from hospital wards to honeybee hives, and the line between helpful recycler and harmful invader grows blurrier each year. | ||
[[Health Care-Illness]] | |||
===== Overwhelmed by company? Five introvert-friendly ways to hang out ===== | ===== Overwhelmed by company? Five introvert-friendly ways to hang out ===== | ||
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It can be challenging to leave the house when you’re all out of eye contact, but a low social battery doesn’t have to mean a life short on socialising | It can be challenging to leave the house when you’re all out of eye contact, but a low social battery doesn’t have to mean a life short on socialising | ||
This article is more than 1 year old | This article is more than 1 year old | ||
Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans===== [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/16/epa-local-governments-dont-report-air-pollution-wildfire-smoke-data-across-us by Molly Peterson, Dillon Bergin and Emily Zentner 16/10/23 The Guardian] | [[Health Care-Mental Health]] | ||
===== Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/16/epa-local-governments-dont-report-air-pollution-wildfire-smoke-data-across-us by Molly Peterson, Dillon Bergin and Emily Zentner 16/10/23 The Guardian] | |||
Regulators have exploited a little-known provision in the Clean Air Act called the “exceptional events rule” to forgive pollution caused by “natural” or “uncontrollable” events – including wildfires – on records used by the EPA for regulatory decisions, a new investigation from the California Newsroom, MuckRock and the Guardian reveals. | Regulators have exploited a little-known provision in the Clean Air Act called the “exceptional events rule” to forgive pollution caused by “natural” or “uncontrollable” events – including wildfires – on records used by the EPA for regulatory decisions, a new investigation from the California Newsroom, MuckRock and the Guardian reveals. | ||
[[Environment-Water and Air Quality]] | |||
===== Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision ===== | ===== Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision ===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-aim-to-restructure-u-s-government-and-replace-it-with-trumps-vision by Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 29/8/23 PBS News] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-aim-to-restructure-u-s-government-and-replace-it-with-trumps-vision by Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 29/8/23 PBS News] | ||
WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own. | WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own. | ||
[[Government-Executive Branch]] | |||
===== Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says ===== | ===== Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says ===== | ||
[https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/ by Liliana Salgado 25/7/23 Reuters] | [https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/ by Liliana Salgado 25/7/23 Reuters] | ||
Summer monsoon rains the cacti rely on have failed to arrive, testing the desert giants' ability to survive in the wild as well as in cities after temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) for 25 days in Phoenix, said Tania Hernandez. | Summer monsoon rains the cacti rely on have failed to arrive, testing the desert giants' ability to survive in the wild as well as in cities after temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) for 25 days in Phoenix, said Tania Hernandez. | ||
# [[Heat and Drought]] | |||
===== How urban planning solutions and architecture help cool down cities ===== | ===== How urban planning solutions and architecture help cool down cities ===== | ||
