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"Climate Change Keeps Changing The Game For Home Gardeners" [1]

"Every year now, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 07/01/2020

Building Materials Data Can Help Construct Environmental Stories [8]

Toxics abound in many building materials, creating indoor environmental hazards for workers and residents alike. To help report the story, Reporter’s Toolbox details a massive database of chemicals and building materials, and explains how to use it to assess their presence in buildings in your community. Plus, story ideas to get you started.

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Reporters Toolbox [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

"Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee" [17]

"President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission is Nancy Beck, a toxicologist who currently leads chemical and pesticide regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [20], 06/16/2020

Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [21]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

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Reporters Toolbox [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Food [23]
Government [24]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
Canada [28]
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Public [5]

"Where’s Airborne Plastic? Everywhere, Scientists Find." [29]

"Plastic pollution isn’t just fouling the world’s oceans. It is also in the air we breathe, traveling on the wind and drifting down from the skies, according to a new study."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [4]
Pollution [26]
Waste [30]
Public [5]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/12/2020

Pandemic Pushes Bikes Into New Popularity. Will It Last? [32]

Commuters seeking social distancing want them. City dwellers drawn to nearly car-free streets want them too. But the boom in bikes long pre-dates the COVID-19 outbreak, and their eco-friendly reputation offers environment reporters numerous smart local story angles, per the latest TipSheet. Get context, plus numerous story ideas and resources.

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TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [4]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
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Public [5]

"Ohio Senate, Citing Coronavirus, Would Prohibit Plastic Bag Bans" [37]

"Touting the potential for disposable plastic bags to help prevent coronavirus spread in grocery stores, the heavily Republican Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit local plastic bag bans for 12 months."

Consumer [4]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [18]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Waste [30]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 05/28/2020

As US Meat Workers Sicken And Supplies Dwindle, Exports To China Soar [40]

"U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation’s food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China while U.S. consumers face shortages, a Reuters analysis of government data showed."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [23]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [42], 05/14/2020

"'Death Spiral.' Pandemic Threatens Future Of Mass Transit" [43]

"When the coronavirus pandemic finally ebbs, John Wetmore plans to commute by bus and train. ... But Wetmore, who hosts a public television show called "Perils for Pedestrians," recognizes that not everyone feels the same way."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [14]
Transportation [36]
Public [5]
International [16]
Source: Climatewire [45], 05/07/2020

Smokey’s 420 Gets the ‘Dirt’ on Pot Crop [46]

The story of Smokey’s 420, mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective. Plus, why the explosion in the infant business legal cannabis could be bad news for the environment [47], if left largely unregulated. 

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Features [48]
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Activism [49]
Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [24]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [50]
Pollution [26]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [27]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
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