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"Major Real Estate Website Now Shows Flood Risk. Should They All?" [1]

"Millions of people rely on real estate websites when they're hoping to buy or rent a home. Major sites like Zillow, Redfin, Trulia and Realtor.com feature kitchens, bathrooms, mortgage estimates and even school ratings. But those sites don't show buyers if the house is likely to flood while they're living there."

Climate Change [2]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [8], 08/26/2020
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Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Quadrupled in Cost Since 1980 [9]

"A new report looks at the price of climate-linked natural disasters and how global warming is making them worse."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [11], 08/26/2020
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"Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America" [12]

"STOCKTON, Calif — Work began in the dark. At 4 a.m., Briseida Flores could make out a fire burning in the distance. Floodlights illuminated the fields. And shoulder to shoulder with dozens of others, Ms. Flores pushed into the rows of corn. Swiftly, they plucked. One after the other. First under the lights, then by the first rays of daylight."

Agriculture [13]
Air [14]
Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [18], 08/26/2020
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Hurricane Laura Forecast To "Rapidly Strengthen" Into Category 4 Storm [19]

"Hurricane Laura is expected to become a Category 4 storm and slam into the Louisiana and Texas coasts as a major hurricane Wednesday evening. At least 20 million people are in the storm's path and over half a million have been ordered to evacuate."

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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: CBS News [20], 08/26/2020
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [21]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

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Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
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Food [30]
Forests [31]
Government [32]
Health [33]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
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People & Population [40]
Planning & Growth [41]
Policy [42]
Pollution [17]
Science [43]
Technology [44]
Transportation [45]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [5]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
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Canada [58]
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Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [68]

Efforts to bury pandemic data is a story environmental journalists best keep an eye on, argues the new WatchDog opinion column. That’s partly because of the connection between the novel coronavirus and climate change, air pollution and environmental justice. But also because it echoes a deepening rejection of science that’s long been part of the environment beat. 

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Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [70]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month,  killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

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Agriculture [13]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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"Infection Rates At Least 3.5 Times Higher for Native Americans" [72]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that American Indians and Alaska Natives have a COVID-19 infection rate 3.5 times than white people and younger Native people are more affected."

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Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Health [33]
People & Population [40]
Science [43]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Indian Country Today [73], 08/24/2020
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California, Colorado Fires May Show Climate-Driven Transformation [74]

"The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying climate is increasing the size and severity of fires from the California coast to the high Rocky Mountains."

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Source: InsideClimate News [75], 08/24/2020
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"Thousands Evacuate As Dueling Storms Take Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast" [76]

"Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to flee, and flooding roads in Haiti’s capital, with damage across the region expected to worsen this week."

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Source: Reuters [77], 08/24/2020
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