"The Koch Brothers Vs. God"
"The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back."
Source: Grist, 03/15/2018
People & Population
Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018
While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.
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"EPA: Pruitt's Youth Advisers Slam Federal Inaction On Climate"
"U.S. EPA's youngest social justice advisers are hammering the federal government for its lack of action on climate change."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/13/2018
"The EPA’s New Environmental Justice Adviser Has a Plutonium Problem"
"More than 40 people inhaled radioactive dust while working for a company whose vice president is now advising Scott Pruitt."
Source: New Republic, 03/09/2018
After Decades Of Pollution, Louisiana Town Rebels Against Chemical Giant
"Robert Taylor isn't sure why he's alive. 'My mother succumbed to bone cancer. My brother had lung cancer,' he ticks them off on his fingers. 'My sister, I think it was cervical cancer. My nephew lung cancer.' A favorite cousin. That cousin's son. Both neighbors on one side, one neighbor on the other. 'And here I am.'"
Source: NPR, 03/07/2018
EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories
As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.
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Coke Plant Linked To “Asthma Epidemic” In Pittsburgh Elementary School
"Asthma-spurring pollution swirls around children living in the shadow of the Clairton Coke Works Plant—black and poor children suffer the most".
Source: EHN, 02/28/2018
"Judge Curiel, Once Attacked By Trump, Rules Border Wall Can Proceed"
"US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel has cleared one potential obstacle to President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall, ruling Tuesday that the administration has the authority to waive a host of environmental laws and other regulations to begin construction."
Source: CNN, 02/28/2018
“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea”
A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”
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"Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration"
"Extreme weather due to climate change displaced more than a million people from their homes last year. It could soon reshape the nation".
Source: Rolling Stone, 02/27/2018
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