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More Tests Finds Weedkiller Widespread In Popular Cereals, Snack Bars [1]

"Glyphosate is in a bunch of popular cereals and oatmeals—but at levels below federal health standards. Experts say it's difficult to estimate risk from the levels found but the report is still worrisome since children are consistently exposed."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EHN [9], 10/26/2018
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"Ban Entire Pesticide Class To Protect Children's Health, Experts Say" [10]

"Evidence that an entire class of pesticides threatens the health of children and pregnant women is now so arresting that the substances should be banned, an expert panel of toxicologists has said."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [11], 10/25/2018
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"How the Farm Bureau’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Its Farmers" [12]

"That agenda has left farmers ill-prepared to cope with effects of climate change—droughts, heat and storms—while neglecting a key climate solution."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
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Source: InsideClimate News [15], 10/25/2018
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USDA’s Enforcement Of Animal Welfare Laws Plummeted In 2018: Figures [16]

"Two years ago, the Agriculture Department issued 192 written warnings to breeders, exhibitors and research labs that allegedly violated animal welfare laws, and the agency filed official complaints against 23, according to agency data. This year, those figures plummeted ... ."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [17], 10/23/2018
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"The California Indigenous Peoples Using Fire for Agroforestry" [18]

"Prescribed burning is the main tool in the Karuk and Yoruk tribes' agroforestry systems, which encourages proliferation of traditional foods, herbs, and medicines."

Agriculture [2]
Forests [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [7]
California [21]
Source: Pacific Standard [22], 10/22/2018
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Everglades: Climate Change Threatens Work To Reverse Manmade Damage [23]

"Report warns that rising temperatures threaten the Everglades, including changing rainfall patterns and accelerating sea-level rise."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [7]
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Source: Guardian [28], 10/22/2018
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Trump Wants To Cut 'Red Tape,' Hasten Water Projects In West [29]

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the government to speed up environmental reviews and streamline regulations that he says are hindering work on major water projects in California and other Western states."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [7]
California [21]
Source: AP [30], 10/22/2018
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Reporting from Iraq — with Both Camera and Notebook [31]

In the first edition of a new SEJournal column — EJ InSight — we look at how one freelance print journalist took up the camera to diversify her skills and report a unique story from the marshes of Iraq. See a photo gallery [32] of her images. Plus, multimedia efforts from other environmental reporters [33].

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Agriculture [2]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [36]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
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International [37]
Middle East [38]
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Public [7]
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SEJ's 29th Annual Conference, Fort Collins, CO, Oct. 9-13, 2019 [39]

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Environmental Journalism 2019 was hosted by Colorado State University. See the agenda [40]. Most sessions were audio-recorded and are posted on our conference coverage page [41].

Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Air [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [5]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [20]
Planning & Growth [46]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [47]
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SEJ Annual Conferences [48]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
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Florence Hints at More Flood-induced Animal Waste Spills Across U.S. [50]

Hog waste washing into the environment in the wake of flooding is not just a worry in the Carolinas after Hurricane Florence. Potential pollution from animal feed operations is a widespread risk around the United States — and climate change-induced extreme weather means that risk is rising. The latest TipSheet has resources and ideas for covering the story in your area.

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Agriculture [2]
Air [42]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [52]
Economy & Business [44]
Health [53]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [25]
Waste [54]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
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Public [7]
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