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"'Not a Mask In Sight': Thousands Flock To Yellowstone As Park Reopens" [1]

"On Monday, thousands of visitors from across the country descended on Yellowstone national park, which opened for the first time since its closure in March due to the coronavirus pandemic."

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Source: Guardian [9], 05/20/2020
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"Trump Signs Order Easing Regulatory Enforcement on Businesses" [10]

"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to ease up on businesses that make good-faith attempts to follow agency guidance and regulations during the coronavirus pandemic."

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Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 05/20/2020
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"PFAS-Free Firefighting Foams: Are They Safer?" [16]

"A small-scale certification effort could offer a path forward."

Chemicals [17]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EHN [21], 05/20/2020
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Global GHG Emissions Plunged An Unprecedented 17 Percent During Pandemic [22]

"The wave of shutdowns and shuttered economies caused by the coronavirus pandemic fueled a momentous decline in global greenhouse gas emissions, although one unlikely to last, a group of scientists reported Tuesday."

Air [23]
Climate Change [24]
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Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Pollution [19]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 05/20/2020
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Half Million Evacuated As India, Bangladesh Brace For Super Cyclone [27]

"India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a decade ahead of its landfall on Wednesday amid fears of heavy damage to houses and crops and disruption of road, rail and power links."

Agriculture [28]
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Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
Asia [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 05/20/2020
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Michigan Evacuates 10,000+ As Flood Breaches Dams Near Dow Superfund Site [31]

"Urging residents to evacuate and saying downtown Midland could be under 9 feet of water by Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer late Tuesday declared a state of emergency for Midland County after the Edenville and Sanford dams breached."

Chemicals [17]
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Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Detroit Free Press [33], 05/20/2020
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May 27, 2020

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"Thinking of Buying a Bike? Get Ready for a Very Long Wait" [37]

"Some bicycle shops in Brooklyn are selling twice as many bikes as usual and drawing blocklong lines of customers. A chain of shops in Phoenix is selling three times the number of bikes it typically does. A retailer in Washington, D.C., sold all its entry-level bikes by the end of April and has fielded more preorders than ever in its 50-year history."

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Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Transportation [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [40], 05/19/2020
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"Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes Stronger, Researchers Find" [41]

"Hurricanes have become stronger worldwide during the past four decades, an analysis of observational data shows, supporting what theory and computer models have long suggested: climate change is making these storms more intense and destructive."

Climate Change [24]
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Science [42]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [43], 05/19/2020
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Florida COVID-19 Website Guru Blasts Bosses, Hints At Data Suppression [44]

"The state official managing Florida’s public “dashboard” of COVID-19 data says that her office has been removed from the project — and questioned the Department of Health’s commitment to “accessibility and transparency.”"

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Source: McClatchy [46], 05/19/2020
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