Climate change may boost cross species virus spread
A Nature study models 3000+ mammals likely to migrate and share viruses by 2070 if warming reaches 2 C. Cross species transmission could occur over 4000 times among mammals, raising human outbreak risk while birds and marine species are excluded. Africa and Asia face the highest exposure.
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Colin Carlson
Georgetown University
Daniel R. Brooks
University of Nebraska State Museum
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Aaron Bernstein
Center For Climate, Health, and the Global Environment
Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Bernstein
Gregory Albery
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Activist's Earth Day self immolation sparks faith debate
Wynn Bruce a 50 year old climate activist and Buddhist self immolated in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. Investigators seek motive while Buddhist teachers say they wouldn t have supported it. Bruce linked to Shambhala Tibetan Buddhism and praised Thich Nhat Hanh.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Bruce
Boulder
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Kruee Kanko
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Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Quang Duc
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Martin Luther King Jr
Hanh
Tibet
International Campaign For
Beijing
Robert Barnett
Barnett
States sue USPS to halt gas truck purchases
Sixteen states led by California sue the U S Postal Service to stop buying up to 165 000 next generation delivery vehicles over the next decade arguing the environmental review is flawed and that electrifying the fleet would cut emissions. Ohio is not among the plaintiffs. The suits seek to curb fossil fuel powered options and push for an electric transition amid ongoing fleet modernization efforts.
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California
U.S. Postal Service
Ohio
Environmental Review
Postal Service
Louis DeJoy
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