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It’s official: Nearly all countries have agreed on a plan that aims to charge companies for using DNA from wild organisms. It’s unlikely to raise more than $1 bil/yr but it signals something key: those who profit off nature should pay to protect it. #COP16 vox.com/down-to-earth/…

this is why you don’t throw cigarettes into the grate

The Pulitzer Center and Vox are partnering to discuss how journalists, editors, and newsrooms can enhance their ocean storytelling and engage audiences. 🗓️ Dec. 3 ⏰ 4:00 pm GMT Register: bit.ly/4hZOzVp

"She sees the details. She observes with wonder. I, on the other hand, am constantly adjusting my lens. Or not looking at all." Cheri Lucas Rowlands reflects on 2024 and revisits #longreads by jenny odell, Robin Wall Kimmerer, 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋, ₠, Ferris Jabr, Benji Jones,

Hello. I wrote a story about birdwatching in Colombia. It’s about much more than staring at some (very beautiful) birds. I hope at least a tiny bit of the magic of Colombia and its birders comes through. Inspired & informed by the work of Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

I just got laid off from Vox along with 11 other talented and delightful people. I'm leaving with a deep bench of sources and a million ideas. Editors assigning work on public health, misinfo, $/religion in healthcare, please reach out! Gonna go have cookies for lunch

unfortunately, i’ve been affected by the vox layoffs alongside a number of talented colleagues. super proud of the work we all did + grateful for everything i’ve learned along the way still very into covering politics, culture + identity, so pls hit me up! ✨li.zhou.ca@gmail✨

Sweetest thing I've heard in a while: A sunfish at an aquarium in Japan stopped eating and fell sick after the aquarium closed to visitors for renovations. Staff hung their uniforms and put human cutouts outside the tank — and the fish got better. 🥲 apnews.com/article/japan-…

i wrote about something strange happening within the environmental movement — many of its supporters have careened into the far right vox.com/climate/393538…

Meanwhile, rats are thriving. Despite massive, multi-million dollar campaigns to eradicate rats from cities with poison, rat sightings have *increased* in NYC, DC, Chicago, SF, Toronto and other major cities in recent years. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

This is a great read

NEW: Florida’s reef-building corals are no longer having babies, threatening the future of the largest reef in the continental US. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

FYI: USAID has been one of the world's largest and most important funders of global biodiversity conservation — a chronically underfunded area. It has supported efforts to protect forests, reduce illegal wildlife trafficking, and end violence towards environmental defenders.

I looked at these contracts and I have my own fun fact. This is occurring because agencies (not just USAID) are buying subscriptions to Politico's Pro editorial product, not because Politico is getting grants or other federal funding.

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A tiny endangered lizard is set to test the Trump administration's "drill, baby, drill" agenda — and what it means for the nation's most imperiled species. Meet the dunes sagebrush lizard. It lives in the largest oil producing region of the country. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

Scooplet: The Fish and Wildlife Service has issued stop work orders, frozen funding, and ceased communication for all of its international grants, jeopardizing critical conservation overseas. Much of this money is appropriated for Interior, not foreign aid.vox.com/down-to-earth/…

This is a big deal — corals in Florida and throughout much of the Caribbean are not producing babies anymore. Sexual reproduction is failing. That means coral reefs will start failing too. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

One way to assess your emotional state, according to my therapist: Imagine you open a kitchen cabinet and everything — tupperware, mixing bowls, etc. — comes tumbling out. How do you react? Would you scream? Cry? Laugh it off and calmly put things back? Honestly very helpful.

Great story from Benji Jones on how wind energy took off in Iowa: vox.com/climate/407981…