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Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

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Week ending Friday, November 13, 2020

COVID-Susceptible

Canadian researchers warn that whales and other marine mammals could become infected with COVID-19 through inadequately treated sewage effluents.

While no such cases have been reported, scientists at Dalhousie University say their genomic mapping determined that almost all whale, dolphin and porpoise species have the same or higher susceptibility to the coronavirus as humans. “Many of these species are threatened or critically endangered,” said Dalhousie’s Graham Dellaire. “In the past, these animals have been infected by related coronaviruses that have caused both mild disease as well as life-threatening liver and lung...

Center for Biological Diversity suing to stop leopard trophy imports

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Leopards are at risk of extinction from habitat loss, lack of prey, persecution by humans, poaching for the illegal fur trade, and unsustainable trophy hunting.

The United States is a major driver of the leopard trophy trade. On average we import nearly 300  leopard trophies per year — over half the trade.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies filed a lawsuit to save these animals. The suit challenges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of leopard trophy imports from Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia into the U. S.

“Federal officials are dishing out leopard import permits right and left without knowing how trophy hunting harms this highly imperiled...

Bill passes in Special Session to allocate additional funds to unemployment claimants

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The state will re-allocate $194 million of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security CARES Act funding to a one-time supplemental unemployment compensation benefit to eligible claimants. Payments will be administered by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and received by claimants by mid-December.

"New Mexicans need help, and they need help now," said Bill McCamley, NMDWS Secretary. "This money will help over 100,000 New Mexicans with the basics they need to get through this time, and Governor Lujan Grisham's whole team will work as hard as we know how to get it to people as fast as we can."

Eligible individuals will receive $1,200 as a one-time New Mexico...

Gallup Senior Center closed for cleaning

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The Gallup Senior Center will be closed from Nov. 25 through Dec. 4 for facility cleaning in response to a COVID-19 related incident.



All home-delivered meal consumers will receive their meals from a private vendor on Wed., Nov 25 and Fri. Nov. 27, as well as the week of Nov. 30 through Dec. 4.



There will be no Grab-n-Go meals available to senior consumers from Nov. 24 through Nov. 27.



Grab-n-Go meals will be available to senior consumers from 11 am-12 pm at the Route 66 RAILWAY Café beginning Nov. 30 through Dec. 4.



The City of Gallup is looking forward to preparing the Senior Center for continued services to the seniors with the highest standards of safety and...

President Nez calls for Arizona mask mandate

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Number of record high cases reported Friday as Navajo Nation lockdown continues

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported a record-high 351 new COVID-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation and five more deaths Friday.

The total number of deaths is now 623 as of Friday. Reports indicate that 8,045 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and 146,196 COVID-19 tests have been administered. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases is now 14,441, including five delayed reported cases.

Navajo Nation COVID-19 positive cases by Service Unit:

·       Chinle Service...

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