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For Immediate Release, April 15, 2021 Contact: Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks, (406) 549-7361, bgestring@earthworksaction.org Mary Crowe Costello, Rock Creek Alliance, (208) 610-4896, maryrca@rockcreekalliance.org Derf Johnson, MEIC, (406) 443-2520, x 103, djohnson@meic.org Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, jbleich@defenders.org Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 854-7748, azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org Bonnie Rice, Sierra Club, (406) 582-8365 x 1, bonnie.rice@sierraclub.org Federal Court Halts Proposed Rock Creek Mine in M...

Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208 Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 854-7748 Bonnie Rice, Sierra Club, (406) 582-8365, ext. 1 Missoula, MT — The federal district court in Montana on Tuesday invalidated the federal government’s approval of the first phase of the Rock Creek Mine, a major copper and silver mine proposed beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwest Montana. The court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act by unlawfully ignoring the impacts of t...

Menu Children wearing face masks play with bubbles at a park in March, 2021, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. People have been taking advantage of loosened COVID-19 restrictions to gather outside and in groups for the first time in months.Photograph by Annice Lyn, Getty Images Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Does everyone need to wear a mask outside? Experts weigh in. A lot of factors can affect whether to keep your face covered while strolling, biking, or jogging outdoors. ByTara Haelle Email The days are getting longer, temperatures are climbing, and daffodils a...

Weather played peculiar role in spread of COVID-19 over past year By (0) Pedestrian traffic is scarce along 7th Avenue in during heavy snow in Times Square in New York City on December 16, 2020. Snowstorms this winter held up vaccine shipments and the rare winter freeze in Texas for a week also disrupted mitigation efforts.  File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo March 12 -- As the world marks one year since the World Health Organization designated the coronavirus outbreak a global threat, a look back at the past 12 months shows how much has been learned about how the virus is s...

Updated: 3:49 PM EST January 25, 2021 Researchers are continuing to expand their understanding of the role that weather elements such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation play in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The seasonality of the virus remains an important puzzle to piece together for researchers, as an environmental effect could help better understand the spread patterns of the virus and inform local public health responses alongside other mechanisms, like vaccination. "We are confident of the UV effect, but this is only one piece of the full seasonality picture," lead r...