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- 1Ibero-American Symposium on Ethnoveterinary Medicine Set to Convene▼II Ibero-American Symposium on Ethnoveterinary Medicine
The II Ibero-American Symposium on Ethnoveterinary Medicine is drawing attention across the region, with the Food and Agriculture Organization among those highlighting the event. The gathering focuses on traditional and community-based animal health practices, bringing together researchers, veterinarians and practitioners from Ibero-American countries to share knowledge and strengthen research into plant-based and folk veterinary remedies.
- 2Immigration rules push foreign researchers to leave the U.S.●Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S.
Foreign scientists are leaving the United States, citing immigration policy changes as the reason. A STAT News survey examining how Trump-era immigration measures are affecting science reports that researchers are relocating abroad, raising concerns about the impact on American research, university laboratories and the country's ability to retain international scientific talent.
- 3Taxpayers subsidize fossil fuels at $4.5 trillion a year, critics say●"Too many governments in the world have been captured by the fossil fuel industry and the petrostates. Taxpayers around
Climate commentators are circulating a claim that governments worldwide have been captured by the fossil fuel industry and petrostates, leaving taxpayers effectively subsidizing fossil fuel burning at a rate of $4.5 trillion per year. The figure cites a Scientific American article, and the claim is being shared as an indictment of government inaction on climate change.