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Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now? [1]

A key U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating the nation’s industrial chemical accidents has been limping along for years. Now, the latest Issue Backgrounder reports that replenished staffing and a funding boost may mean it’s found its footing. But as the pace of chemical accidents accelerates and safety regulations stagnate, will it make a difference?

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Asia [11]
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Public [12]
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Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [13]

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [17]
Pollution [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
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Public [12]
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"Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes" [19]

"Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
International [10]
Antarctica & Arctic [23]
Source: YaleE360 [24], 02/26/2024
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"Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis" [25]

"Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
Food [27]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
International [10]
Source: Mongabay [29], 02/26/2024
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Climate Change-Fueled Winter Extremes Put 90% Of Mongolia At 'High Risk' [30]

"So far this year upward of 2 million livestock animals have died, according to official statistics."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [28]
Public [12]
Asia [11]
Source: HuffPost [31], 02/26/2024
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"These Wildfires Never Went Out — They Just Moved Underground" [32]

"Under the ground, even under the snow, zombie fires are burning. The remnants of the most extraordinary wildfire season in recent Canadian history are still smoldering on a scale that experts say is unprecedented."

Air [33]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 02/26/2024
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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [37]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [39], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [40]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Source: KUOW [42], 02/23/2024
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"Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year" [43]

"An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [4]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [44], 02/23/2024
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‘Reactivating’ Floodplains Along Rivers Can Be A Water Solution For Calif. [45]

"California has lost most of its natural wetlands as rivers have been cut off from their natural floodplains. And it’s pretty remarkable what can be achieved when rivers are given space to reconnect with floodplains."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [46]
Disasters [4]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [48]
Source: LA Times [49], 02/22/2024
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