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"Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm" [1]

"Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home. That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops. Not to mention the tax base."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 05/13/2020
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"To Mask or Not? The Weighty Symbolism Behind a Simple Choice" [9]

"Coronavirus masks have become the latest symbol in the culture wars, with many liberals and conservatives in the United States taking opposing sides, much as they have in the fight over climate action."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: InsideClimate News [12], 05/13/2020
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"Natural Gas Exports Slow as Pandemic Reduces Global Demand" [13]

"Businesses in the United States, Israel and other countries were planning to invest billions in export terminals. Now, those projects are being canceled or delayed."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Public [6]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 05/13/2020
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"The Pandemic Will Permanently Change the Auto Industry" [18]

"Plunging sales could force factories to close and lead to takeovers and mergers, but also bolster sales of electric cars."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Transportation [19]
Public [6]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [20], 05/13/2020
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Trump Falsely Claims COVID Numbers Are 'Going Down Almost Everywhere' [21]

"President Donald Trump falsely claimed Monday that the coronavirus is abating in the U.S., despite data showing that the virus is on the rise in some states and a lack of testing leaves experts unsure about infection rates elsewhere."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NBC News [24], 05/13/2020
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Oil Firms That Bought Back Stock Got $15.5 Million In Coronavirus Funds [25]

"At least two oil and gas firms that boosted investors' portfolios by buying back stock in 2019 received $15.5 million this year from a program designed to rescue small businesses gutted by the coronavirus pandemic."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [27], 05/13/2020
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"America’s Longest River Was Recently Drier Than During The Dust Bowl" [28]

"Rising temperatures due to climate change dramatically reduced the snowpack that feeds the Upper Missouri River Basin". "For the first decade of the century, the Upper Missouri River Basin was the driest it’s been in 1,200 years, even more parched than during the disastrous Dust Bowl of the 1930s, a new study says."

Agriculture [29]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [31], 05/12/2020
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NEPA Rollback, EPA Science Rules Threaten Transparency; Plus, Pandemic Press Restrictions? [32]

A long-standing law designed to protect public information about environmental impacts is facing an unfavorable overhaul, while a proposal dictating how EPA uses scientific findings in its rulings is nearing finalization. WatchDog has those items, plus how states are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict press and more.

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Activism [34]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [35]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Policy [36]
Science [37]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [6]
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Could Combined Sewer Overflows Be a COVID-19 Threat? [38]

For reporters investigating the coronavirus-environment connection, you might look to the untreated sewage that can sometimes overflow municipal systems during wet weather, possibly bringing the novel pathogen to beaches and other places where people can get sick from it. The latest TipSheet takes a look at the reality, plus provides story ideas and reporter resources.

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Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [35]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [42]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [44]
International [16]
Europe [45]
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Public [6]
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Pandemic That Cleared Skies and Shut Cities Isn’t Slowing Global Warming [46]

"In some ways, the dire lockdowns undertaken to stop Covid-19 have fast-forwarded us into an unlikely future—one with almost impossibly bold climate action taken all at once, no matter the cost."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Public [6]
International [16]
Source: Bloomberg [47], 05/11/2020
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