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Pacific Northwest Rides Adaptation Wave [1]

The final entry in our multi-week “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [2]” special report explores how the Pacific Northwest is adapting to climate change, whether it’s new approaches to working the land, changing critical infrastructure or rethinking our mindset. Read this last tipsheet, plus check out our earlier reports on climate mitigation [3] and on climate impacts [4], plus our stage-setting backgrounder [5] and a reporter’s resource toolkit [6].

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Activism [8]
Agriculture [9]
Air [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Food [20]
Forests [21]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Science [29]
Technology [30]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
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National (U.S.) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
International [36]
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"Global Efforts On Ozone Help Reverse Southern Jet Stream Damage" [39]

"International cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal state after decades of human-caused disruption, a study shows."

Air [10]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [12]
Pollution [41]
Public [38]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [42], 03/27/2020
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Massive COVID-19 Aid Bill Nears Passage with Key Environment, Energy Elements [43]

An historic multi-trillion-dollar COVID-19 aid bill is approaching passage in the U.S. Congress, and while details are currently sketchy, it appears to include some key environment and energy asks related to oil reserves, emergency transit funding, cuts in airline carbon emissions, clean energy tax credits, and relief for oil, gas and coal industries. Read on, find out more about the many environment and energy reporting angles to the COVID-19 outbreak [44] and stay tuned to SEJournal online for further developments.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Spawns Many Stories on Environment Beat [44]

The momentous COVID-19 outbreak has many, many reporting angles — environment and energy stories certainly among them. Our latest Issue Backgrounder has an extensive rundown on possible ways in for environment and energy reporters, including everything from respiratory disease and air pollution to science denial and climate change, and more. Plus, pending passage of a massive congressional aid package [43]. And an earlier TipSheet on how journalists can prepare [48] for public health emergencies.

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Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [47]
People & Population [26]
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Pollution [41]
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"Coronavirus Shutdowns Lower Greenhouse Emissions; They’ll Roar Back [51]

"The global struggle to slow the spread of the coronavirus has brought with it canceled flights, closed businesses and a quickly escalating economic slowdown that could be devastating to millions. It is also certain to shrink greenhouse gas emissions this year, according to climate scientists."

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Climate Change [12]
Health [23]
Pollution [41]
Public [38]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: LA Times [52], 03/20/2020
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Dems Want Travel Industry To Reduce Emissions In Exchange For Bailout [53]

A group of eight Democratic senators have written the House and Senate leaders asking that the third Covid-19 aid package require that aviation, cruise, and other industries reduce polluting emissions in exchange for bailouts.

Air [10]
Climate Change [12]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [38]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Grist [54], 03/20/2020
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"The Global Victory Over Ozone-Killing Chemicals Is Coming Undone" [55]

"Mysterious emissions have been slowing the atmosphere’s healing. Scientists think they’ve finally discovered the source."

Air [10]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [12]
Pollution [41]
Public [38]
International [36]
Source: Bloomberg [56], 03/19/2020
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Chem Plant Cites Study It Funded to Ask Regulators to OK Higher Emissions [57]

"Denka Performance Elastomer, the owner of a LaPlace plant that is the only one in America to produce the presumed carcinogen chloroprene, is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the level of that compound deemed safe for public health."

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Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [58], 03/17/2020
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"EPA Lays Out New Plan for Phasing Out Climate Pollutants" [59]

"The EPA will issue a plan on Tuesday for the phase-out of ozone-depleting chemicals commonly used in refrigeration, portable fire extinguishers, and metal cleaners."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 03/17/2020
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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [61]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

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