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Drought, Wildfires Pose New Threats To California Water Supply [1]

"Already diminished by drought and extreme heat, California’s water supply will face yet another peril as wildfires continue to incinerate ever larger areas of forested land, according to new research."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [8]
Source: LA Times [9], 02/22/2022
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"Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland" [10]

"Drought and a decade of war have brought failing crops and poverty to a region once known as Syria’s breadbasket. Even the bread has changed."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Food [11]
Military [12]
Public [7]
Middle East [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 02/22/2022
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"Black Farmers Fear Foreclosure as Debt Relief Remains Frozen" [15]

"Lawsuits from white farmers have blocked $4 billion of pandemic aid that was allocated to Black farmers in the American Rescue Plan."

"WASHINGTON — For Brandon Smith, a fourth-generation cattle rancher from Texas, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package that President Biden signed into law nearly a year ago was long-awaited relief.

Little did he know how much longer he would have to wait.

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 02/22/2022
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"Tracing A Fraught And Amazing History Of American Horticulture" [19]

"When Abra Lee became the landscape manager at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, she sought some advice about how to best do the job. The answer: study the history of gardening. That led to her uncovering how Black involvement in horticulture in the U.S. bursts with incredible stories and profound expertise, intertwined with a tragic past."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
People & Population [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [21], 02/17/2022
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"How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections" [22]

"A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests."

Agriculture [2]
Air [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Palm Beach Post [29], 02/15/2022
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US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds [30]

"Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [32], 02/15/2022
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Western Megadrought Worst In 1,200 Years, Linked To Climate: Study [33]

"The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [35], 02/15/2022
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February 24, 2022

GIJN Webinar: Climate & Accountability — Investigating Methane Emissions [36]

This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar will bring together reporters and experts who will offer tools and techniques to identify specific methane emitters, find the data, look closely at measurement systems and research what companies and governments are doing to reduce methane emissions. 9:00 a.m. ET.

Other Events [37]
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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Journalism & Media [38]
Waste [39]

Walking With the ‘Guardians of the Forest’ — Lessons From Coverage of Amazonian Fires [40]

Three teams of video journalists descended on the Brazilian Amazon amid some of its worst-ever fires to capture efforts of Indigenous rainforest “guardians” to protect it from destruction. They returned with award-winning reporting, but also a deeper understanding of the region and its people, and of how to bring the climate change story closer to home. They share their experiences, in the new EJ InSight.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [42]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [25]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [38]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [20]
Region: 
International [44]
South America [45]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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1 in 3 Americans Have Detectable Levels Of Toxic Weedkiller: Study [46]

"One in three people across America have detectable levels of a toxic herbicide linked to cancers, birth defects and hormonal imbalances, a major nationwide survey has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [24]
People & Population [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [48], 02/10/2022
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