Rat Fur, Arsenic And Copper: The Dangerous Ingredients In US Prison Water [1]
"Incarcerated people often must drink unhealthy water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishment".
"Incarcerated people often must drink unhealthy water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishment".
"AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes".
"Flight booking platforms are giving customers a new number to think about when they buy a plane ticket: the expected greenhouse gas emissions of their trip."
"On a Tuesday morning in January, college student Aurora Gray stepped up to the podium in a windowless room in Atlanta, around the corner from the state capitol building. In front of her sat a five-member panel of elected officials that oversees how and where nearly every Georgia resident gets their power."
"High-profile lawsuits have accused pesticides of causing cancer and Parkinson’s. But three states are now considering bills that would prevent these lawsuits."
"The three 6-year-old girls stood on the sidelines as their coach swabbed their hands. Then they ran onto a lush green turf field and played soccer for 90 minutes straight — no stepping off the pitch. This wasn’t just a practice. It was part of a small experiment conducted in the suburban foothills of San Diego last summer."
"The city of Flint has been found in civil contempt by a federal judge for its handling of its lead pipe replacement program."
"Restricting the sale of protein cultured from animal cells, developed as a way to raise meat without the climate impacts of livestock, has become a trendy right-wing legislative focus in states from Arizona to Florida."
Animal agriculture is a massive industry with a vast environmental footprint, so there are plenty of reporting opportunities for journalists on the “eat beat.” In the second of two parts, following last week’s examination of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions, food-and-climate journalist Jenny Splitter serves up a variety of story ideas and information sources, plus some thoughts on solutions journalism.
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[9] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/19/us-prison-water-rat-fur-arsenic-copper
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/using-ai-spot-edible-mushrooms-could-kill-you
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[18] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/18/ai-mushroom-id-accuracy/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-you-should-think-about-those-google-flights-pollution-numbers
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[25] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/15/google-flight-emissions-estimate/
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/clean-electricity-these-are-overlooked-elected-officials-who-decide
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[29] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/03/want-clean-electricity-these-are-the-overlooked-elected-officials-who-get-to-decide/
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sick-because-roundup-these-bills-could-make-suing-impossible
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[33] https://newrepublic.com/article/179653/roundup-cancer-monsanto-pesticides?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/turf-fields-may-have-forever-chemicals-should-kids-be-playing-them
[35] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/03/12/artificial-turf-pfas-chemicals/
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-finds-flint-civil-contempt-failures-lead-pipe-replacement
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[38] https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2024-03-13/federal-judge-finds-city-of-flint-in-civil-contempt-for-handling-of-lead-pipe-removal-program
[39] https://www.sej.org/calendar/food-matters-why-climate-change-may-hinge-what-we-eat-and-how-we-grow-it
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/across-nation-lawmakers-aim-ban-lab-grown-meat
[43] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12032024/lawmakers-aim-to-ban-lab-grown-meat/
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[45] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=4
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=1
[57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=2
[58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=3
[59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=6
[60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=7
[61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=8
[62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=9
[63] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=115