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"Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer" [1]

"The EPA downplayed the risks of the pesticide Telone, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s inspector general."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Intercept [9], 02/26/2021
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"New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms" [10]

"Farming has destroyed a lot of the rich soil of America's Midwestern prairie. A team of scientists just came up with a staggering new estimate for just how much has disappeared."

Agriculture [2]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [12], 02/25/2021
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"EPA Changes Stand, Sides With Ethanol Industry In Court Case" [13]

"The federal government announced Monday that it will support the ethanol industry in a lawsuit over biofuel waivers granted to oil refineries under President Donald Trump’s administration."

Agriculture [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [16], 02/23/2021
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After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, FBI Pursued Its Critics [17]

"The agency, seeking information on an animal rights group, attempted to recruit a former truck driver as an informant, the truck driver says."

Agriculture [2]
Food [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Intercept [20], 02/18/2021
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"The Extinction Crisis: Coming to a Dinner Table Near You?" [21]

"Wild plants related to our main agricultural crops are important to future food security. But more than half are endangered, a new study finds."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [22]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [7]
International [23]
Source: The Revelator [24], 02/17/2021
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Poultry Plant Workers Complain Of Intimidation After Fatal Chemical Leak [25]

"Meat plant workers who were injured and displaced after a fatal accident in the US last month are alleged to have been intimidated and offered limited medical care." "Foundation Food Group allegedly asked workers to sign blank sheets of paper, and impeded compensation and healthcare claims".

 

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [29], 02/17/2021
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"Climate Activist Jailed in India as Government Clamps Down on Dissent" [30]

"Disha Ravi, 21, is facing sedition charges, accused of sharing a Google Doc about the farmers protest with Greta Thunberg."

Activism [31]
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Asia [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 02/16/2021
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"EPA Again Orders Amazon To Stop Selling Illegal Pesticides" [35]

"For the third time in three years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Amazon to stop selling illegal pesticides on its online marketplace, saying the chemicals pose “a significant and immediate health risk to consumers, children, pets, and others exposed to the products.”"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Seattle Times [36], 02/11/2021
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"Learning To Live With 'El Lobo:' Mexican Wolves Make A Comeback" [37]

"The Mexican wolf was hunted to the brink of extinction. But as it is reintroduced, conservationists hope to quell the old enmity between 'el lobo' and the farmer. "

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [22]
Wildlife [38]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Mexico [40]
Source: DW [41], 02/09/2021
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Seeding Climate Stories in the Backyard Garden [42]

Spring may be weeks away, but gardeners are already browsing the seed catalogs, and that makes it a good time for environmental journalists to apprise them of how climate change will affect their backyard patches. Reporter’s Toolbox talks “hardiness zones” and explains why one of the usual repositories of government information may fall short. That plus, story sources to, well, cultivate.

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Climate Change [32]
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Environmental Politics [15]
Food [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
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Public [7]
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