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The EPA wants to set new limits on airplane emissions. -
The plan continues the Obama administration's use of the Clean Air Act to make tougher rules on vehicle emissions in the face of congressional opposition. The agency says aircraft cause 3 percent of American greenhouse gas emissions, which are a danger to human health. New York Times
Californians cut water use 13.5 percent in April. -
That's compared to the same month two years ago. The number is a big improvement over March's 3.9 percent reduction—and further decreases are expected, since Governor Jerry Brown's mandatory restrictions just went into effect on Monday. New York Times
New England's moose are in trouble. -
Warmer winters have led to more ticks, which can sicken and sometimes kill the animals. The Northeast isn't the only place seeing declines, but the moose die-off could take a toll on the region's tourist economy, which depends on wildlife-watching. National Geographic
WHO says air pollution is world's biggest environmental health risk. -
According to the World Health Organization, dirty air causes at least one in eight deaths globally. The latest data show that air-pollution mortality has increased fourfold in the past decade. Economic Times
We’re not entering the post-antibiotic world, we’re actually in it.
—Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaking this morning at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship
Foster Farms is phasing out antibiotics. -
The poultry company—the one responsible for the 2013 Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds—has introduced two antibiotic-free lines, stopped using medically important drugs, and hopes to eventually eliminate all antibiotics administered to humans. Los Angeles Times