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SkyWest flight aborted landing and performed 'go-around' to avoid colliding with a military aircraft; Hawaii conservation groups press for moratorium on deep-sea mineral mining; Surf's up at federal beaches this summer but many lifeguards off-duty; Federal budget bill puts MA clean energy jobs at risk.

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The Public News Service Monday afternoon update.

I'm Mike Clifford.

A SkyWest flight aborted a landing and had to perform a go-around maneuver after it nearly collided with a second aircraft Friday before landing in North Dakota.

That from NBC News.

They report the air traffic controller had cleared the plane to approach the airport, but the pilot performed the go-around when another aircraft became visible in their flight path.

NBC reports the SkyWest pilot identified the second plane as a B-52 bomber.

The Air Force said Sunday evening it was looking into reports of a military aircraft operating in the same airspace as a commercial airplane.

Conservation groups in Hawaii are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining for minerals, citing the need for further research on the environmental risks.

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order fast-tracking seabed mining for minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel used in cell phones, solar panels and long-storage batteries, arguing that the U.S. should not be dependent on mineral-rich countries like China.

However, Joni Peters with the Conservation Council for Hawaii says we must find a way to mitigate the harms.

"Disturbing the seabed could create underwater dust plumes that could have severe adverse effects on the species and the ecosystem that is already thriving in the area, such as coral polyps."

I'm Suzanne Potter.

And as thousands of people head to the beach this summer, our partners at KFF Health News finds there are few lifeguards on popular federal beaches.

One community struggling with a lifeguard shortage is Chincoteague, Virginia.

Lifeguards for the National Park Service usually manage activities on those beaches, but less than half of 7,700 seasonal park positions have been filled.

About 1,000 agency employees were also fired in February, and another 2,500 permanent employees took buyouts or early retirements.

Chincoteague Mayor Denise Bowden says the agency agreed just last week to spend $90,000 for lifeguards after a long back and forth, and city and county officials will have to come up with the rest.

But the firings from several months ago are still cause for safety concerns, Bowden says.

It's been a nightmare.

We've had some close calls over there already this summer, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware just had a drowning.

The National Park Service declined to comment on these situations at federally managed beaches, explaining they consider the situation a personnel issue.

This story was produced with original reporting from Stephanie Armour for KFF Health News.

I'm Zimone Perez.

And labor advocates say the recently passed federal budget bill will likely raise household energy prices in Massachusetts and eliminate thousands of clean energy jobs.

Bob Keefe is with E2, a non-profit group of clean energy business leaders.

If we ever wanted a policy in this country that would kill jobs, reduce business investments and make us less competitive, while also reducing our electricity supplies in this country.

We've got it.

The bill removes tax credits for wind, solar and energy efficiency projects where spurred rapid growth in various trades.

The Trump administration calls the tax credits a scam.

This is Public News Service.

Next to Cleveland where a Muslim religious leader is at the center of a high-profile asylum case drawing renewed attention to civil rights concerns in Ohio.

Including events at the Ohio State House and in Cleveland.

More than 16,000 asylum cases remain pending in Ohio's immigration courts.

Rob Rotliff, an attorney representing Imam Ayman Suleiman, says the U.S. government's decision to revoke asylum protection sets a precedent that should concern every immigrant.

It clearly indicates that that grant of asylum is never permanent.

And should the political winds change and new determinations are made, it may impact whether or not you have asylum eligibility.

Supporters of the stricter immigration oversight say new rules are needed to prevent abuse of the asylum system.

Solomon's bond hearing is set for July 23rd in Cleveland.

The office of the principal legal advisor, Detroit-Cleveland, which represents ICE in this jurisdiction, did not respond to a request for comment.

Farah Siddiqui reporting.

And the latest round of state funded Lyft home ownership grants will fund 239 new affordable homes across Oregon.

Previous LIFT grants totaling over $100 million have helped triple affordable home production.

Kim Gammon from Habitat for Humanity in La Pine says the funding will support 10 new homes in the next two years, but notes the program's future is uncertain.

In a tough budget year, LIFT was left as the only surviving program supporting affordable home ownership in the state.

Through these grants, we really built up across the state a network of affordable housing that that was finally producing at the level that we needed to see.

And we just took a giant step back.

Other programs like the Home Ownership Development Incubator Program and Down Payment Assistance were cut entirely from the state's budget this year.

Programs focused on building new affordable rental properties retained funding.

I'm Isabel Charlay.

Finally, a nonprofit is working with farmers in Southeast Wisconsin to educate communities about the importance of agroforestry.

With plans to establish its first urban site, in Milwaukee.

The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute has planted over 400 trees across three sites this year in partnership with the Savannah Institute.

The sites include a community garden and two farms, one in Burlington owned by Iris Lee.

Lee says the agroforestry collaboration is breathing life back into her nearly 50 year old organic family farm.

You plant and design things that go together and that will help not only humans, but the animals and nature and bugs.

Agroforestry integrates trees, shrubs, and perennial plants into crop and livestock systems.

Lee says one of the project's goals is to raise awareness of these practices and their larger connection to food systems.

I'm Judith Ruiz Branch reporting.

This is Mike Clifford.

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