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"Pandemic: Community Solar: A Ray Of Hope In The Gloom?" [1]

"As energy companies of every stripe cope with the novel coronavirus distress, there's one small segment that has a compelling pitch: solar power at home, no visit required."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EnergyWire [9], 04/24/2020
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"The Rebirth of Urban Ag Is a Coronavirus Silver Lining" [10]

"As a veteran urban farmer, I often get questions from friends and family about backyard gardening. So it wasn’t a surprise when my buddy Martin texted me with some questions for how to get a vegetable scene started."

Agriculture [11]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Food [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Civil Eats [13], 04/21/2020
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"Agriculture: Farmers Fret As Pandemic Creates Animal Surplus" [14]

"The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping more pigs and cattle on farms as meatpacking plants go idle, stretching farmers and raising questions about how to handle an unexpected spike in animals."

Agriculture [11]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [16], 04/21/2020
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"Economic Toll Endangers Key Climate Goal: Cleaner Cars" [17]

"The economic downturn triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to stall multistate goals to put more clean cars on the road."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Transportation [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [19], 04/21/2020
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"White House Moves To Weaken EPA Rule On Toxic Compounds" [20]

"The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [24], 04/20/2020
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"U.S. Food Supply Chain Is Strained as Virus Spreads" [25]

"The nation’s food supply chain is showing signs of strain, as increasing numbers of workers are falling ill with the coronavirus in meat processing plants, warehouses and grocery stores."

Agriculture [11]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [12]
Health [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [28], 04/14/2020
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EPA Skips Normal Public Process To OK BASF’s Cancer-Linked Pesticide [29]

"This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that soybean farmers in 25 states are now able to spray a pesticide that the agency has determined is likely to cause cancer and drift hundreds of feet from where it is applied."

Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [21]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting [32], 04/13/2020
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"Ban Wildlife Markets To Avert Pandemics, Says UN Biodiversity Chief" [33]

"The United Nations’ biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets – such as the one in Wuhan, China, believed to be the starting point of the coronavirus outbreak – to prevent future pandemics."

Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [15]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Food [12]
Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Wildlife [35]
Public [7]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 04/07/2020
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EPA Threatens Legal Action Against Sellers of Fake Coronavirus Cleaners [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency warned Friday that disinfectants and sanitizers falsely claiming to protect against the coronavirus are flooding the market and threatened legal action against retailers that sell unregistered products."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [39], 04/06/2020
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"San Francisco Bans Reusable Bags In Coronavirus Fight" [40]

"San Francisco is banning reusable shopping bags to prevent outside germs from entering grocery stores as the coronavirus pandemic affects cities around the country,"

Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [7]
California [41]
Source: The Hill [42], 04/03/2020
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