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Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [1]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
International [20]
Canada [21]
Mexico [22]
Africa [23]
Antarctica & Arctic [24]
Asia [25]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
Europe [28]
South America [29]
Visibility: 
Public [30]
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"Third Round Of Flooding In 2019 Likely Along Missouri River" [31]

"The amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is approaching the record set during the historic 2011 flood, and another round of flooding is expected this week after unusually heavy rains upstream, federal officials said."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [32], 09/17/2019
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“Trade Secret” Chemicals Injected Nearly 11,000 Times at Ohio Frack Wells [33]

"A new analysis by the nonprofit, Partnership for Policy Integrity finds that “trade secret” chemicals were injected into gas and oil wells nearly 11-thousand times in Ohio for over five years."

Chemicals [4]
Disasters [7]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Allegheny Front [36], 09/16/2019
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"Humberto Strengthens Into A Hurricane: U.S. NHC" [37]

"Humberto has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen further during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [38], 09/16/2019
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Climate Change Poses Major Risk To Flood Insurance Program: Experts [39]

"Environmental experts on Wednesday warned House lawmakers about risks to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) posed by climate change, saying the situation is likely to worsen in the coming years."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Planning & Growth [12]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [41], 09/13/2019
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"Extreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in First Half of 2019" [42]

"Extreme weather events displaced a record seven million people from their homes during the first six months of this year, a figure that put 2019 on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades even before Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
People & Population [11]
Public [30]
International [20]
Source: NY Times [43], 09/13/2019
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"Dorian's Toll: Bahamas Officials Say 2,500 Missing In Storm's Wake" [44]

"Around 2,500 people are feared missing in the Bahamas in the wake of devastating Hurricane Dorian, a number that may include people who fled to shelters around the Caribbean island chain, authorities said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
People & Population [11]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [30]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
Source: Reuters [45], 09/12/2019
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Trump Pushed Staff To Contradict Accurate NOAA Tweet On Dorian Track [46]

 "President Trump told his staff that the nation’s leading weather forecasting agency needed to correct a statement that contradicted a tweet the president had sent wrongly claiming that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama, senior administration officials said."

Disasters [7]
Environmental Politics [40]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [48]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [49], 09/12/2019
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FEMA Officials Charged With Fraud Tied To Hurricane Aid In Puerto Rico [50]

"Two FEMA officials assigned to help manage restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria have been charged with fraud and bribery for trying to enrich themselves by helping a company that received $1.8 billion in government contracts, the Justice Department announced Tuesday."

Disasters [7]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [51], 09/11/2019
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"Flight To The Future: One Land's Quest To Defuse A Climate 'Timebomb'" [52]

"When Hawo Mohamed woke one morning to find about a dozen of her goats dead, she knew her life as a herder was coming to an end."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [30]
Africa [23]
Source: Reuters [53], 09/11/2019
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