New Zealand eradicates the coronavirus. 

Two million people in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19. More than 113,000 people have died. 

Brazil, second only to the United States in number of COVID-19 infections, stops reporting cumulative totals of those infected or killed from the virus.  

Doctors Without Borders, which ordinarily offers medical services in conflict zones, sets up a mobile clinic in Immokalee, Florida, to attend to farmworkers with COVID-19. It is the first time the organization has worked in the United States. 

Attorney General William Barr denies that pepper spray was used to clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park for Donald Trump's photo op. The US Park Police initially backs him up, then has regrets. Under pressure from Democratic leaders in Congress, the Park Service removes the fencing surrounding the park.  

Yosemite National Park reopens. 

The Trump administration plans to open Florida's coastal waters to oil and gas drilling—but only after the November election.  

After workers at mink farms in the Netherlands are infected with COVID-19, nine farms cull their mink to prevent them from becoming repositories for the virus.  

On June 9, the temperature at Nizhnyaya Pesha in the Russian Arctic hits 86°F. 

The large diesel spill in the Russian Arctic has reached Lake Pyasino and may spread to the Arctic Ocean. 

The Trump administration considers resuming open-air testing of nuclear weapons. 

A Texas lawmaker introduces a bill that would prohibit President Trump from nuking hurricanes. 

Coal use surges as China attempts to restart its economy. After dropping briefly, Chinese CO2 emissions return to normal. 

Britain has gone a record two months without burning coal. 

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lists 515 species with fewer than 1,000 members.

A massive hacking effort targeted thousands of activists, journalists, and environmental groups involved with the #ExxonKnew campaign, which drew attention to Exxon's long knowledge of the dangers of climate change.  

After one of the driest springs on record, Irish authorities ban the use of garden hoses and the filling of swimming pools. 

Roughly half of Earth's ecosystems on non-ice-covered land are basically intact and free of significant human influence.  

US taxpayers paid more than $75,000 for Secret Service protection for Donald Trump Jr when he traveled to Mongolia in 2019 to kill a rare argali sheep.