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Virus: "Meatpacking Workers Wonder Whether Job Is A 'Death Sentence'" [1]

"Many are criticizing the industry’s response for waiting too long to implement safety precautions and close processing plants as thousands have tested positive for coronavirus."

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Economy & Business [5]
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Food [8]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Food Dive [13], 04/29/2020
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"Dry Cleaning Solvent Carries Unreasonable Public Risk, EPA Finds" [14]

"A common solvent used to dry clean, make refrigerants, and clean muck from industrial equipment appears to have the potential to harm people’s nervous systems, the EPA said on Monday."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 04/28/2020
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"Pandemic: Community Solar: A Ray Of Hope In The Gloom?" [17]

"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 [18]
Consumer [3]
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Energy & Fuel [19]
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Source: EnergyWire [21], 04/24/2020
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"The Rebirth of Urban Ag Is a Coronavirus Silver Lining" [22]

"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."

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Source: Civil Eats [23], 04/21/2020
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"Agriculture: Farmers Fret As Pandemic Creates Animal Surplus" [24]

"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 [2]
Consumer [3]
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Food [8]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [25], 04/21/2020
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"Economic Toll Endangers Key Climate Goal: Cleaner Cars" [26]

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

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Transportation [27]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ClimateWire [28], 04/21/2020
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"White House Moves To Weaken EPA Rule On Toxic Compounds" [29]

"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 [15]
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Environmental Health [6]
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Source: AP [30], 04/20/2020
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"U.S. Food Supply Chain Is Strained as Virus Spreads" [31]

"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."

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Source: NY Times [32], 04/14/2020
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EPA Skips Normal Public Process To OK BASF’s Cancer-Linked Pesticide [33]

"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 [2]
Chemicals [15]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [34]
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Journalism & Media [35]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting [36], 04/13/2020
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"Ban Wildlife Markets To Avert Pandemics, Says UN Biodiversity Chief" [37]

"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."

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Health [9]
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Source: Guardian [41], 04/07/2020
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