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"Pandemic: Interior Reluctant To Share Coronavirus Details" [1]

"Some federal agencies post daily information about the number of workers who have tested positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but the Interior Department so far has declined to provide departmentwide details on how the pandemic has affected its 70,000 employees."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [8], 04/15/2020
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Coyotes, Bobcats And Bears: Wildlife Reclaiming Yosemite National Park [9]

"Yosemite Village is normally a crush of humanity and traffic congestion. On Saturday, it was peaceful like few times before — the only sounds coming from the wind and the few local residents."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [2]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [6]
California [13]
Source: LA Times [14], 04/14/2020
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"EPA to Relax Quality Tests for Air Monitoring During Pandemic" [15]

"Companies unable to get outside contractors to verify the accuracy of air emissions monitoring data because of the pandemic would be able to delay some tests under an EPA rule now under review."

Air [16]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 04/14/2020
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"U.S. Food Supply Chain Is Strained as Virus Spreads" [21]

"The nation’s food supply chain is showing signs of strain, as increasing numbers of workers are falling ill with the coronavirus in meat processing plants, warehouses and grocery stores."

Agriculture [22]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [25]
Health [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [27], 04/14/2020
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Go-To Books for Understanding and Surviving a Pandemic [28]

If you’re looking for perspective in your reporting connected with the coronavirus story, it might help to turn to the extensive library of non-fiction books offering insight into disease and epidemics. Our own Bob Wyss offers a helping hand, with a select list of the most useful texts. Plus, links to resource lists for many more, in the latest BookShelf.

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National (U.S.) [7]
California [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
International [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
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Coronavirus Threatens Health of U.S. Journalism, Plus Climate ‘Blackout’ & Disabling FOIA [37]

The economic fallout from COVID-19 is severely damaging the news business, but may also point to transformative new ways of doing journalism, writes columnist Joseph A. Davis in the latest WatchDog. Meanwhile, the coronavirus-climate connection shows the importance of good, scientifically sound journalism. And are federal agencies leaning on COVID-19 to slow FOIA actions?

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Government [4]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Policy [41]
Science [31]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Offshore Drilling: 'Broken' Agency Struggles 10 Years After Gulf Spill [42]

"Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Interior Department agency that regulates offshore energy development is fractious, demoralized and riddled with staff distrust toward its leadership, according to multiple accounts from current and former employees."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EnergyWire [46], 04/13/2020
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"EPA Charts Path To Suspend Hazardous Waste Cleanup Amid Coronavirus" [47]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced that the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and other pollution spills may be slowed or paused during the coronavirus outbreak."

Chemicals [48]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [3]
Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [50]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [51], 04/13/2020
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Smithfield Shuts S.D. Pork Plant, Warns Of Meat Shortages Amid Pandemic [52]

"Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers."

Agriculture [22]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [25]
Health [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [53], 04/13/2020
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"He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus" [54]

"An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response."

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Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [31]
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Source: NY Times [55], 04/13/2020
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