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"Ban Wildlife Markets To Avert Pandemics, Says UN Biodiversity Chief" [1]

"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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Source: Guardian [13], 04/07/2020
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Black Americans Face High Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States [14]

"In Louisiana, one of the states most devastated by the coronavirus, about 70 percent of the people who have died are African-American, officials announced on Monday, though only a third of the state’s population is black."

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Source: NY Times [17], 04/07/2020
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April 8, 2020

Media Briefing: Disaster Reporting and COVID-19 [18]

Hosted by Climate Central and the International Association of Emergency Managers, this briefing at 2:00 p.m. ET will include a moderated Q&A to help journalists safely cover updated emergency responses and disaster planning in local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Unprotected, Farmworkers Live in Fear of Covid-19 but Keep Working [21]

"As Americans shelter in place across much of the country, washing their hands and making sure to stay six feet away from others, the farmworkers carpool on grocery runs. At day's end, most retreat to cramped, crowded quarters, sleeping several to a room."

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Source: InsideClimate News [24], 04/06/2020
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Tribes Have Highest Rates Of Diseases That Make COVID-19 More Lethal [25]

"They hastily piled all the dumbbells and treadmills in the back of a gym to make room for 23 extra hospital beds. The beds aren’t needed yet, but on a reservation where residents suffer high rates of diseases that exist throughout Indian Country, the Lummi Tribal Health Clinic is taking every precaution to prepare for the deadly coronavirus."

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Source: Washington Post [26], 04/06/2020
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"Murkowski Pushes Mnuchin For Oil Company Loans" [27]

"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asking him to ensure that U.S. oil and gas companies can get federal loans provided for businesses in the coronavirus stimulus package."

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Source: The Hill [30], 04/06/2020
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"U.S. ‘Wasted’ Months Before Preparing For Virus Pandemic" [31]

"After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment."

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Source: AP [35], 04/06/2020
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Covering Climate Change in Age of Coronavirus [36]

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed climate change out of the headlines. But the two stories have much in common if journalists look beneath the surface. That was the consensus of expert panelists at an April 2 webinar organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists, who also had suggestions on how to cover both beats better. Read more, or check out video [37] or audio [38].

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Climate, Environment Stories Abound in COVID-19 Rescue Bill [43]

While the COVID-19 outbreak may be absorbing most of the world’s attention, the latest TipSheet advises journalists not to back-burner climate-related energy reporting, as industries and activists continue lobbying for new energy stimulus measures from Congress. On the watch list: tax breaks, airline emission cuts, infrastructure, fossil fuel industry bailouts and more. 

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Q&A Column Resumes with New Co-Editors, New Award Winners [45]

Parimal RohitSEJ’s 2020 reporting awards’ deadline is coming up April 24 and the SEJournal is bringing back its Inside Story Q&A feature to share insights from previous award winners. Meet the column’s two new co-editors, including former SEJ president, Emilia Askari (pictured left), and awards committee member Parimal Rohit (pictured right). And find out which award winner, with highly relevant disaster coverage, will relaunch the column in the coming weeks.

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