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"In 10 flights over Japan, researchers found a host of bacteria and fungi. These high-altitude germs could help spread disease around the world."

"At least 19 people contracted valley fever, a fungal infection that in rare cases can be fatal, after attending an outdoor music festival in southern California in May, public health officials have reported."

"Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit."

"The Wyoming venture’s collapse raises questions about the fledgling direct air capture industry — and the Biden administration’s support of it."

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday strengthened a rule limiting toxic air pollution from factories, refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of former president Donald Trump’s major environmental rollbacks."

"Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very much know about,” Boustead, a meteorologist and climatologist, recalled."

"Gavin Newsom’s late session proposal to extend deadlines — by more than four years in one case — for oil companies to  comply with a new law fizzled and died late this week."

"The former president assailed Vice President Kamala Harris for her views on fracking and power plant emissions as he vowed to cut energy costs in half in his first year in office."

"A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it."

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday vetoed a bill aimed at tightening air pollution monitoring provisions for so-called fence-line zones that mark the perimeter of oil refineries."