The Lone Star Tick, canceled offshore oil drilling leases, & more! 

Matt and Nick talk about the Lone Star Tick spreading alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S. (The Tick That Causes a Meat Allergy Is on the Move - The New York Times (nytimes.com)),A California coastal panel rejecting a proposal to build a seawater desalination plant (Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project | AP News),Oil refineries spreading benzene, a carcinogen, into communities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and the US Virgin Islands (US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds | Pollution | The Guardian),And the Biden Administration’s decision not to move forward with three leases in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico (Biden Cancels Offshore Drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico (gizmodo.com))!