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covid-19

Cleanup Club Chicago tackles pollution after COVID pandemic increases single-use plastics litter
Astry Rodriguez

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Conservationists battle disease, development and distrust to protect Illinois’ crop-saving bats
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

A woman looks at a bat held in her gloved hands and smiles.
Water is Life (Tó éí iiná): Groundwork to solving water inequity on the Navajo Nation
McKenzie Allen-Charmley

Arizona State University

The disposable mask conundrum: A podcast
Devin Howard

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns
Jansen Baier

George Washington University

Two red foxes in a parking lot in between a car and a moterbike
Bats are facing an epidemic of their own: White-Nose Syndrome
Helen Bradshaw

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

A white-gloved hand hold a tawny colored bat with a white substance on it's nose.
Recipes for Food Security | COVID prompted local communities to creatively combat food insecurity. Are structural solutions next?
Sejal Govindarao

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University

People in face masks organize food items into cardboard boxes in a gray warehouse space under a green sign that reads "FOOD FOR ALL."
Creating a documentary: Here’s what we learned
Heidi Estrada

George Washington University

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Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
Cronkite News

Arizona State University

Neighbors hope for relief from crematorium smoke as COVID-19 deaths decrease
Cronkite News

Arizona State University

The hidden mental health crisis of COVID-19
Sonia Mahajan

Columbia University

Airborne microplastics in the age of COVID-19
Calvin Bordas

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Will COVID-19 slow the reduction of plastic bags on the environment?
Madeline Taylor

George Washington University

plastic bags piled up
Surviving a Pandemic podcast: Krista Capehart
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

Warming trend may intensify infectious diseases, scientists say
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Hands of Doomsday Clock stay at ‘100 seconds to midnight’
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Robert Rosner and Suzet McKinney stand on either side of the Doomsday Clock, which reads "It is 100 seconds to midnight."

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