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A Missouri lab studies how toxic chemicals affect wildlife. Trump's budget cuts may close it
KCUR - Missouri
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June 28, 2025
Driving east on New Haven Road, one could pass the Columbia Environmental Research Center in a couple of seconds. Its short, beige buildings don’t make much of an impression. The small U.S. Geological Survey sign out front is easy to miss. But...
Senator Hyde-Smith announces $3 million grant for Mississippi wastewater projects
Hinds Today - Mississippi
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June 27, 2025
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, US Senator for Mississippi | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith official websiteSenator Cindy Hyde-Smith, US Senator for Mississippi | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith official website U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the allocation...
Environmental coalitions work to block invasive carp from Great Lakes
Medill Reports - Illinois
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June 20, 2025
By Christiana Freitag Medill Reports When loud barges pass along the Mississippi River, a flurry of oversized silver carp can be seen leaping into the air. These noise-sensitive invasive fish escaped from aquaponic ponds on the lower Mississippi...
Environmental nonprofit buys land of proposed controversial mining site near Okefenokee Swamp
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 20, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A yearslong battle between environmental groups and an Alabama-based company over a proposed mine near one of Georgia’s natural wonders has come to a close. The nonprofit Conservation Fund has purchased the land...
AARP Commits Thousands of Dollars to Strengthen 5 Communities Across Mississippi
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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$58,500 in grants aims to help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in their neighborhoods through innovative local projects JACKSON, Miss., June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP has...
Rep. Jayapal Blames Climate Change for Summer Being Hot - You'll Love the Replies
Red State
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June 27, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Sometimes it seems like a constitutional amendment requiring an IQ test with a minimum score required for election to Congress would...
Columbia Environmental Research Center facing closure
News Tribune - Missouri
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June 26, 2025
COLUMBIA -- Driving east on New Haven Road, one can pass the Columbia Environmental Research Center in a couple of seconds. Its short, beige buildings don't make much of an impression. The small U.S. Geological Survey sign out front is easy to...
Webcams such as the Minnesota DNR’s popular EagleCam offer real-time views of the natural world
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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July 11, 2025
Are you having a rough day at work and want to escape to your “happy place” – a look at Devils Lake or Lake of the Woods, perhaps, or a scenic view of Upper Red Lake? Or, maybe you want to zoom in on a bald eagle nest near the Mississippi River...
Mississippi to Advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education with NVIDIA
Gazebo Gazette - Mississippi
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June 18, 2025
The Gazebo Gazette JACKSON (GG) — The state of Mississippi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NVIDIA to expand AI education, promote research collaboration, enhance workforce development and drive economic development through AI...
Mississippi partners with NVIDIA to enhance AI education and workforce
WAPT 16 - Mississippi
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi partners with NVIDIA to enhance AI education and workforce Well, good afternoon. It's great to be with y'all today as we announce *** historic memorandum of understanding between the state of Mississippi and Nvidia. Before I begin, I'd...
Reverse Course: Can massive pumps tame Mississippi River flooding?
WNYC - New York
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June 26, 2025
In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping station project that could protect against...
Mississippi College awarded $723,000 Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program grant
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi College has been awarded a $723,000 Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program (MAI-TAP) grant to launch the Center for AI Policy and Technology Leadership (CAPTL), an initiative between the MC School of Law and the MC School of...
How mangroves could store more carbon as oceans rise
Earth.com
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In South Florida, the sea level has been edging upward by roughly 2.4 to 3.7 millimeters a year, reshaping shorelines and pushing salt water farther inland. A new analysis of Everglades wetlands shows that this slow creep of salt can boost total...
5 things to know for June 26: Classified info, Judges sued, Immigration, Mississippi execution, Man vs. machine
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — In recent years, corals across the world have been hit by mass bleaching events due to record-high ocean temperatures. Since corals support one-quarter of all marine life, reduce storm surge and protect against erosion, it’s important for...
Unprecedented June heat along the Northeast urban corridor, brought to you by climate change
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 25, 2025
An air mass that had already broken records for early-summer mugginess in the Midwest got even toastier as it pushed into the Northeast on Tuesday, June 24. Millions of Northeasterners ended up suffering through the hottest weather ever...
Mississippi Construction Workers Earn 7th Least in U.S.
Laurel Leader-Call - Mississippi
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The U.S. construction industry is navigating a period of heightened uncertainty in 2025, marked by shifting trade policies, restrictive immigration enforcement, and persistently high interest rates. New tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have...
Mississippi State Lands 3-Star OT from Tennessee
Yahoo Sports
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Mississippi State Lands 3-Star OT from Tennessee originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Mississippi State football made a significant recruiting splash on Father’s Day by landing 3-star offensive tackle Charles Humphrey from Bearden High School in...
River reprieve? Pause in Mississippi River study may not head off problems for St. Mary
St. Mary Now - Louisiana
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June 25, 2025
A pause in a Mississippi River study with huge implications for St. Mary Parish doesn’t mean the parish won’t feel its effects, according to local officials. The Port of Morgan City was notified June 6 that the five-year Mississippi River...
Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working.
The Good Men Project - California
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June 25, 2025
By Matt Simon, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Bibb was living in a tight, one-bedroom apartment in Cleveland, Ohio. He couldn’t open...
South Plains Wildlife Rehab Center talks rescues, advice, need for volunteers
Roswell Daily Record - New Mexico
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Nestled in a residential area surrounded by trees, a red barn is bustling with activity. An ambassador raven named Vincent devours vanilla wafers. Volunteers feed baby birds and opossums. A squirrel leaps from her perch and lands on the facility’s...