Tyson Foods dumped hundreds of millions of pounds of slaughterhouse pollutants into U.S. waterways, report finds & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Tuesday, May 7, 2024 "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed." ― Mahatma Gandhi [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( Tyson Foods Dumped Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Slaughterhouse Pollutants Into U.S. Waterways, Report Finds A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has found that Tyson Foods dumped hundreds of millions of pounds of pollutants into U.S. waterways from 2018 to 2022. The pollutants came from company facilities including slaughterhouses and processing plants. [Read More]( Related: [Tyson Foods Uses Land Twice the Size of New Jersey to Feed Its Factory Farmed Animals]( Florida’s DeSantis Bans Lab-Grown Meat Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a ban on the selling and distribution of [lab-grown meat]( in the state, the first law of its kind in the United States. [Read More]( Related: [USDA Approves First Cultivated Meat Product for Sale]( UK Installs Nearly 6,000 Public EV Chargers in First 3 Months of 2024 The United Kingdom installed nearly 6,000 new public [electric vehicle]( (EV) chargers in the first three months of this year — a record number — in the race to accommodate the influx of [battery-powered cars](. [Read More]( Related: [Renewable Electricity Generation Outpaces Fossil Fuels for Record Time Span in UK]( Climate Change Could Lead to Major Venomous Snake Migrations, Study Says The range of venomous snakes could look a lot different globally by 2070, according to a new study. Climate change is leading to habitat loss, which is likely to push venomous snakes into new regions. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Change Is Likely Impacting Marine Life More Than Previously Thought, Study Finds]( Orangutan Observed Treating a Wound With a Medicinal Plant for the First Time Biologists have observed a Sumatran male [orangutan]( using the sap and chewed [leaves]( of a [medicinal plant]( to treat an open wound on his face. While there has been previous evidence of [self-medication behaviors in animals]( it is the first known incident of an [animal]( in the wild treating a wound with a “biologically active substance,” a press release from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior said. [Read More]( Related: [New Report Finds Indonesian Forestry Company Cleared Endangered Orangutan Habitat]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](