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"Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress" [1]

"Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them."

Source: NYTimes [2], 10/02/2023

Illinois: "5 Dead After Crash, Chemical Leak In Downstate Teutopolis" [3]

"Five people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash that included a tanker truck carrying a toxic chemical that spilled Friday night, triggering a large temporary evacuation near downstate Effingham. The truck was holding 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia, of which about 4,000 gallons spilled, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency."

Source: Chicago Sun-Times [4], 10/02/2023

Climate Change Means New York City's Flooding Is 'New Normal,' Governor Says [5]

"Torrential downpours that caused flash flooding in New York City on Friday reflect a "new normal" due to the effects of climate change, New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned on Saturday, as the city began drying out after one of its wettest days ever."

Source: Reuters [6], 10/02/2023

Unique Podcast Team Gives Voice to Troubled Communities Near Declining Salton Sea [7]

In the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles, the massive Salton Sea is rapidly drying up, threatening vulnerable immigrant communities in a growing toxic environment. The Living Downstream podcast reported extensively on these hazards, winning third place in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Awards for Reporting on the Environment’s explanatory reporting, small, category, in 2022. Inside Story spoke with one of the prizewinners.

CDC Data Offer Multiplicity of Starting Points for Environmental Health Stories [8]

For reporters seeking stories that connect environmental and health issues, there may be no better — or more wide-ranging — place to start than with high-quality data from the Centers for Disease Control’s wide range of datasets. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks into where the CDC’s data originates from and how that affects its usefulness, and offers up a helpful overview of CDC data surveys.

"Inside The Rough-And-Tumble Race To Clean Up America’s Abandoned Oil Wells" [9]

"With a little art, a little science, and a lot of luck, the niche well-plugging industry is hoping to pick up steam."

Source: Grist [10], 09/29/2023

"Toxic Labor" [11]

"A warming planet is creating a booming and loosely-regulated disaster restoration industry fueled by immigrant labor. Without protection, workers are exposed to lethal toxins making them sick long after the cleanup."

Source: Center for Public Integrity [12], 09/29/2023

"Inside The Complex Effort To Rid Maui Of Toxic Fire Debris And Rubble" [13]

"One of the most complicated wildfire cleanup missions in recent memory is now underway on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where fleets of workers and equipment are being shipped to the island while officials plot how to carefully but quickly remove hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic debris."

Source: Washington Post [14], 09/29/2023

World’s Poorest People Won’t Be Able To Migrate To Escape Climate Disasters [15]

"Climate change-driven heat waves, droughts, and floods will push vulnerable people into more extreme poverty, Harvard researcher says."

Source: Yale Climate Connections [16], 09/29/2023

"As Waters Rise, a Community Must Decide: Do We Stay or Go?" [17]

"Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia environmental justice community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future: Will levees and flood walls protect them, or should residents abandon their homes and move to higher ground?"

Source: YaleE360 [18], 09/29/2023

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