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Tracking Respiratory Health Risks From Wildfire Smoke [1]

Respiratory risks are high on the public health agenda these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So when Reporter’s Toolbox noticed some exemplary reporting on how West Coast wildfires were polluting the air, it took a look under the hood to see how other environmental journalists might use the same data sets for localized stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [11]
Northwest (OR WA) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
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"Wildfires Bring Unhealthiest Air In The Nation To Southern California" [14]

"A pair of wind-driven wildfires actively burning in Orange County and a couple of nearly extinguished blazes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties have spawned the worst air quality in the nation, according to the government’s air quality monitoring agency."

Air [3]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [15]
Forests [16]
Pollution [8]
Public [13]
California [10]
Source: LA Times [17], 10/28/2020
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"Exclusive: GM, Ford Knew About Climate Change 50 Years Ago" [18]

"Scientists at two of America's biggest automakers knew as early as the 1960s that car emissions caused climate change, a monthslong investigation by E&E News has found."

Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [20], 10/27/2020
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Long-Term Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke, COVID, Flu Raise Concerns [21]

"The deadly virus adds new uncertainties, while a growing body of research shows significant and enduring health risks from wildfire smoke."

Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [15]
Forests [16]
Pollution [8]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [22], 10/27/2020
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"Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns" [23]

"Rich countries are sending millions of older, dirtier vehicles abroad, in a trade that’s largely unregulated, even as they mandate cleaner cars at home."

Air [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [19]
Public [13]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 10/26/2020
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"Satellites Put the World’s Biggest Methane Emitters on the Map" [26]

"Now the companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gas won’t be able to hide from view."

Air [3]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Pollution [8]
Technology [29]
Public [13]
International [24]
Source: Bloomberg [30], 10/22/2020
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Environmental Groups Sue DHS Over Use Of Tear Gas At Portland Protests [31]

"Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday for using tear gas at the protests in Portland, Ore."

Activism [32]
Air [3]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [8]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [35], 10/21/2020
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More Electric Vehicles: Automakers Prepare For Potential Biden Win [36]

"Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House."

Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Transportation [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [39], 10/21/2020
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"11 U.S. States Urge EPA To Toughen Planned Airplane Emissions Rules" [40]

"A group of 11 states and the District of Columbia on Monday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes and other aircraft."

Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [41], 10/20/2020
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [42]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [43]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [32]
Air [3]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Politics [38]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
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