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NEWSLETTER | MARCH 13, 2020
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** Stay Healthy, Stay Safe
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Not to state the obvious, but there’s a lot going on these days, most of all the novel coronavirus virus pandemic that has now reached more than 100 countries, resulted in a wide range of travel restrictions, and triggered a historic global stock market crash.

Here in the US, Trump has finally declared a national emergency. But since the outbreak began, his administration has hamstrung response work, including efforts to create and distribute tests for the virus, fueling further public panic and confusion. Not to mention that for years Trump has been underfunding ([link removed]) public health work. What the administration has managed to do is move forward with its plan to tighten food stamp eligibility rules at a time when schools and workplaces across the nation are shutting down, and make clear where its loyalties like by suggestinga bailout ([link removed]) for fossil fuel producers facing plummeting oil and gas prices.

Thankfully, local and state governments and businesses have been doing what they can to slow COVID-19's spread. And I hope the federal emergency declaration will buoy local efforts, particularly those to protect the most vulnerable in our communities.

In the meantime, if you’re looking for a break from the nonstop news about COVID-19, we have plenty of environmental stories to keep you occupied, including from our new Spring issue. It won’t all be uplifting — though I promise you’ll find some of that too — but it will offer a much-needed distraction, and keep you informed to boot.

Be Well,
Zoe Loftus-Farren
Managing Editor, Earth Island Journal
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“What I am really doing, I now understand, is bearing witness to catastrophe.” Climate researcher Kate Olson’s haunting essay on documenting change and nurturing young life in a climate-uncertain world is bound to resonate at this moment in time and might leave you verklempt.
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** A Tenuous Grip ([link removed])
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Losing the imperiled abalone — an iconic mollusk whose history is connected to the entire span of human habitation in California — would mean losing one of the Golden State’s oldest and most widespread connections to the natural world. A cohort of researchers is fighting against all odds to prevent that from happening.
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In a remote corner of Myanmar’s Kayin State, amid the world’s longest-running ethnic insurgency, Indigenous Karen people are working on a conservation project that advances a vision for peace and self-determination.
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Oh my, so many terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, national parks! These illustrations based on one-star reviews of public lands had us belly laughing.

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** The Streets Are Alive ([link removed])
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Amid a nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, an empty street in Siena, Italy came alive with the sound of music one night, when housebound residents leaned out of their windows and sang a popular folk song together. This beautiful expression of solidarity is just what we needed to see and hear today!

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