Facing Extinction, but Available for Selfies in Japan’s Animal Cafes

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/science/animal-cafes-japan-endangered.html

Dutch Pro-Farmer Party Sweeps Elections, Upsetting the Status Quo

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The surprise victory is widely seen as a protest vote against Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government and some of his policies, including a goal to slash nitrogen emissions, which many say will imperil farming operations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/world/europe/netherlands-elections-farmers-emissions.html

Biden to Name Nevada’s Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The biologically diverse land is central to the creation story of the Mojave and other tribes. Energy companies have also identified it as a prime location for wind or solar installations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/climate/spirit-mountain-avi-kwa-ame-national-monument.html

Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/politics/toxic-chemicals-biden-epa.html

A Hungarian Town Seethes Over a Giant Chinese Battery Plant

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who championed it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/world/europe/hungary-china-battery-plant.html

In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The star-studded Apple TV+ series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your vegetables. But not if Burns could make it entertaining. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/arts/television/extrapolations-scott-z-burns.html

A Giant Blob of Seaweed is Heading to Florida

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by summer to create a rotting, stinking, scourge. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/seaweed-blob-florida-mexico.html

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