Desperate to fight Ebola outbreak, Congo weighs using longshot vaccine options
Existing vaccines may offer some protection against the rare strain now circulating—but the evidence is scant
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Court blocks NSF's transfer of climate lab's supercomputing facility
Proposed switch in management caused irreparable harm to NCAR, judge finds
DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser
New rules for the $8.8 billion in program funding no longer promote electric home heating.By Dan GearinoFederal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover...
What we're watching: Weekly disaster update, June 1
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Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses
The U.S. Forest Service is using emergency authority to advance the Bear Palmer Forest Health Project, but opponents say the streamlined process could negatively affect...
Colombia: Briefing Departamental, Valle del Cauca, enero a diciembre de 2025
Country: Colombia Sources: El Equipo Humanitario País Colombia, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. Mensajes Claves En...
The fight to protect pollinators and people from the 'pesticides that are everywhere'
Born and raised in Colorado, Cory Kreft began working on a honey farm at 15 years old. He returned to beekeeping after college, eventually buying...
DR Congo: West and Central Africa: 2026 Regional Funding Status - General Overview (as of 1 June 2026)
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, World Source: UN Office for the...
World: Europe | Heatwaves in 2025 - DG ECHO Daily Map | 01/06/2026
Country: World Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Please refer to the attached Map.
Restaurants Are Using Behavioral Science to Promote Plant-based Eating — and It's Working
A growing body of evidence shows that eating more plants has lots of benefits — for both human and environmental health. For example, a 2025...
Agricultural subsidies can be repurposed for a just and sustainable rural transition
Orhan Solak is deputy director of Türkiye’s Directorate of Climate Change. In today’s fraught economic context, everyone is looking to do more with less, and...
Lebanon Health Sector Emergency Situation Report Issue #13 - June 01, 2026
Country: Lebanon Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file.
Tchad : Bulletin humanitaire - mars-avril 2026
Country: Chad Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. FAITS SAILLANTS CERF: deux décennies d’action rapide où...
South Sudan EVD potential Importation corridors and Health Cluster partners presence May 2026
Country: South Sudan Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file.
Jamaica: WFP Caribbean Multi Country Office Country Brief May 2026
Country: Jamaica Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file.
World: El Niño 2026: Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: World Source: Regional Technical Group on Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean Please refer to the attached file. The Technical Working Group...
Coral Reefs in French Polynesia Are Stuck Between Life and Death
Scientists’ discovery of hollowed coral skeletons after a 2019 bleaching event reveals a reef that isn’t coming back.By Ryan GreenThis story was supported by the...
US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goooooooal
The latest addition to Seattle’s already impressive public transit system opened to great fanfare this spring when more than 200,000 people rode the Crosslake Connection...
A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines
Power lines across the country weren’t designed for a changing climate, with much of the nation’s grid built more than half a century ago. Today,...
The USDA canceled $300M in farm grants, citing fraud. Did it make up the evidence?
Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been fielding dozens...
The Pilgrimage to Mecca Is Becoming More Dangerous as Mideast Warms
Global heating has ‘fundamentally altered’ the climate of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in...
Why Sweden's wolverine conservation success story is unraveling
A world-famous conservation program that helped save Sweden’s endangered wolverines is now struggling as funding stagnates and local trust erodes. Researchers say the decline offers...
El Niño 2026: what's happening?
Some are already calling it a ‘Super El Niño’. But what exactly is El Niño and what does it have to do with the fossil...
Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study
‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa’Devastating’ wildfires ripped across the wealthier...
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