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"BP To Cut 10,000 Jobs As Virus Hits Demand For Oil" [1]

"BP has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for oil because of the coronavirus crisis."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: BBC News [9], 06/09/2020
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Population Of Top 10 Counties For Climate Disasters: 81% Minority [10]

"Communities with large minority populations are among the most vulnerable in the U.S. to the effects of climate change and could become more threatened as the coronavirus pandemic weakens their resilience to disasters, according to experts and federal data."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Climatewire [16], 06/09/2020
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Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health [17]

Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [13]
Policy [22]
Science [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"US Outlines $4.6B Plan To Protect Miami From Climate Impacts" [24]

"The federal government is proposing a $4.6 billion plan to protect the low-lying Miami area from the effects of climate change, including the construction of miles of sea walls."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Planning & Growth [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: AP [27], 06/08/2020
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"Coronavirus: Hard-Hit Brazil Removes Data Amid Rising Death Toll" [28]

"Brazil has removed months of data on Covid-19 from a government website amid criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [7]
South America [29]
Source: BBC News [30], 06/08/2020
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Cristobal Makes Landfall. So What's Next? Heavy Rain Still A Big Threat [31]

"A slow-moving Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall just east of Grand Isle at 5 p.m. Sunday as it moved slowly north at 7 mph, guaranteeing more time for its outer bands to rake the Louisiana coastline with heavy rain and tropical storm-force winds and for its storm surge to push ashore."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [32], 06/08/2020
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"Global CO2 Measurement Hits Record High In May Despite Pandemic" [33]

"A key measure of carbon dioxide emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere hit a record in May even as a global pandemic brought the world’s economies to a virtual standstill this year, according to U.S. government data published on Thursday."

Air [34]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Pollution [35]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Reuters [36], 06/05/2020
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Environmental Catastrophe Declared In Massive Arctic Tundra Oil Spill [37]

"Large territories of rivers, streams and tundra lands are covered by more than 20 thousands tons of diesel oil from a reservoir owned by company Nornickel. The catastrophe was reported to the authorities only two days after the spill and nobody really knows how to clean up."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Antarctica & Arctic [38]
Asia [39]
Source: Barents Observer [40], 06/05/2020
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Trump, Citing Pandemic, Weakens Two Key Environmental Protections [41]

"The Trump administration, in twin actions to curb environmental regulations, moved on Thursday to temporarily speed the construction of energy projects and to permanently weaken federal authority to issue stringent clean air and climate change rules."

Air [34]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [19]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Pollution [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [43], 06/05/2020
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Topic on the Beat: Wildfire [44]

Here's a list of top wildfire stories from SEJournal, as well as wildfire headlines from EJToday.

Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [2]
Journalism & Media [21]
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Public [7]
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