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"House Democrats Warn Against Oil Industry Bailout" [1]

"A growing number of Democrats are voicing concern that the White House may pursue broad relief for the oil and gas industry amid sinking prices and the coronavirus pandemic."

Climate Change [2]
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Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
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Source: The Hill [10], 03/18/2020
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"Democratic Lawmakers Call For Emissions Reductions In Airline Bailout" [11]

"A number of Senate Democrats say any airline bailout package must include measures that limit carbon emissions from the industry."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [13]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [14], 03/18/2020
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"States, Utilities Pledge to Keep Water Flowing Amid Coronavirus" [15]

"More than 100 public utilities in at least 34 states have agreed to halt the practice of cutting off water to homes that fail to pay their water bills during the coronavirus crisis."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 03/18/2020
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"Low Prices, Virus Cited In Calls To Delay US Oil Lease Sale" [19]

"Low prices and concerns about the new coronavirus should postpone a Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale planned for Wednesday, environmental groups said Tuesday."

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [21], 03/18/2020
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"National Parks: NPS Moves Toward Partial Shutdown" [22]

"The National Park Service headed toward a partial shutdown today as officials scrambled to close park sites and facilities across the country in response to the coronavirus pandemic."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [23]
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Source: Guardian [24], 03/18/2020
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'How Many Of Them Will Die?' Homeless 'Tent City' Ripe For Coronavirus [25]

"Across the world, public health experts are asking people to practice "social distancing" to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. ... But there are thousands of Arizonans who can't follow this advice. They have no home to isolate in."

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Health [20]
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Source: Arizona Republic [26], 03/18/2020
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"The Infuriating Story of How the Government Stalled Coronavirus Testing" [27]

"Alex Greninger was watching it all from the start. An epidemiologist and expert in laboratory medicine, Greninger spent the first few weeks of the year paying close attention to China, where a new SARS-like virus was burning through the city of Wuhan at an alarming rate."

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Science [28]
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Source: GQ [29], 03/18/2020
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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [30]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

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"To Forecast Spring Flooding, NOAA Planes Fly Slow And Low" [75]

"This time of year, pilots in small blue and white airplanes are busy gathering information about how much snow is on the ground — and more importantly, how much water that snow contains."

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Science [28]
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Public [8]
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Source: NPR [76], 03/16/2020
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Trump DOI Downplayed Coronavirus -- Then Praised His ‘Decisive’ Response [77]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Friday tweeted a video of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and lauded his boss for taking “decisive — even unprecedented — actions to protect the American people” from the coronavirus. But just two days earlier, Bernhardt’s office had sent talking points to Interior officials that downplayed the virus threat."

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Source: LA Times [78], 03/16/2020
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