"In Rwanda, ‘Human Bait’ Volunteers Help Battle Malaria" [1]
"As the late afternoon sun hovers over the horizon in the Rwandan village of Mareba, about an hour from the capital of Kigali, Innocent Bizimana prepares for the mosquitos to arrive."
"As the late afternoon sun hovers over the horizon in the Rwandan village of Mareba, about an hour from the capital of Kigali, Innocent Bizimana prepares for the mosquitos to arrive."
"A coal company has challenged an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power plant pollution regulation in court after the agency recently finalized changes that weaken the standards' legal underpinnings."
"An executive order signed by President Trump directing agencies to slash regulations in order to boost the economy is likely to lead to a number of court challenges."
A report to Congress "doubles down on the administration’s stance that individual states, not the federal government, should bear primary responsibility for carrying out diagnostic tests to help curb the pandemic."
"For decades, the backbone of the nation’s disaster response system — and a hallmark of American generosity — has been its army of volunteers who race toward danger to help shelter, feed and counsel victims of hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a critical weakness in this system."
Unheeded warnings are the hallmark of many disasters. And with coronavirus still hobbling the nation, communities and journalists must now watch for all the ways COVID-19 could make even the most familiar hazards far worse. Prepare with this extensive Backgrounder, which touches on issues around evacuations and emergency readiness when facing storms, fires, toxic releases and more.
Regulations that sprang from cornerstone environmental laws in place for decades are now under attack by the Trump administration, per legal experts in a recent webinar co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Get key takeaways and resources from the event from SEJ’s Dale Willman. Plus, watch the full webinar video.
As the United States restarts fitfully following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, one source of controversy — and of numerous local or regional environmental stories — is what to do at the nation’s park system. The latest TipSheet explains why public access to these national treasures is so contentious, then provides numerous story ideas and reporting resources.
"As restaurants and other businesses have closed during the coronavirus pandemic, rats may become more aggressive as they hunt for new sources of food, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned."
"EPA has begun the slow process of reopening offices despite its employees' worries about potential exposure to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa
[7] https://undark.org/2020/04/22/rwanda-malaria/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-company-sues-epa-over-power-plant-pollution-regulation
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
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[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-anti-reg-push-likely-end-court
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
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[22] https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-administration-vows-in-new-report-to-distribute-100-million-swabs-to-states-by-years-end/2020/05/24/9c02d240-9d06-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html
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[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
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[26] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/disaster-preparedness-key-amid-pandemic
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
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[36] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[43] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/parks-post-coronavirus-reopening-political-football
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet
[45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cdc-warns-aggressive-rats-searching-food-during-shutdowns
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[49] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/cdc-coronavirus-rats.html
[50] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pandemic-epa-starts-measured-and-deliberate-reopening
[51] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063205377
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health?page=39
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