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Legionnaires’ Disease Cases Surge Again, CDC Data Shows

Legionnaires’ disease, a deadly respiratory illness spread by inhaling contaminated water droplets, is rising again. Following a pandemic lull, the case rate in 2025 climbed to its second-highest level on record, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. registered 2.9 cases for every 100,000 people, second only to […]

EPA and HHS Teaming Up on Expanded Review of Glyphosate Weedkiller Safety

This article first appeared on The New Lede and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License. US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health […]

Wendell Berry’s Water Intelligence

In the shadow of wooded hills near the confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio rivers is Lanes Landing, the 125-acre farm where Wendell Berry tended the land and published the most trenchant appeals in American letters to tame the damage from industrial agriculture.  “No amount of fiddling with capitalism to regulate and humanize it can, […]

Federal Clean Fuel Tax Credit Extends to Gas from Animal Manure

New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance released last week confirms that gas extracted from livestock manure qualifies for a federal clean fuel tax credit, paving the way for increased investment in biogas projects.  The move comes as farms increasingly turn to anaerobic digestion to deal with massive amounts of manure. Proponents say the tax credits […]

At Glen Canyon Dam, Trump Administration Privileges Hydropower over Ecosystems

In the struggling Colorado River basin, where water is scarce, the White House has signaled its priorities for how to use the remaining gallons. Even as scientifically-determined thresholds have been met for releasing water from Glen Canyon Dam for ecological and recreational benefits in Grand Canyon, the Trump administration has decided against those actions in […]