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"HHS Eliminates Program That Helps Firefighters When EVs Burn" [1]

"The firefighter health program was researching firefighters’ chemical exposures in electric vehicle fires — a first step to developing protective equipment."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 04/23/2025
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Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist [10]

Will images of a burning Los Angeles last in our consciousness? EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen makes a powerful argument that they will, illustrating the point with potent photographs of that disaster, as well as from recent hurricanes. An exploration of how photojournalists, working amid the destruction, strive to document not just the devastation but its deeper significance and its human toll.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks [17]

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
California [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer" [28]

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 04/18/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [33]

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

Activism [34]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [35]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [36], 04/17/2025
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"Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts" [37]

"The National Weather Service is preparing for the probability that fewer forecast updates will be fine-tuned by specialists, among other cutbacks, because of “severe shortages” of meteorologists and other employees, according to an internal agency document."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [20]
People & Population [14]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [38], 04/17/2025
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"The Rural N.C. Mayor Betting Big On Clean Energy To Uplift His Hometown" [39]

"In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Canary Media [42], 04/16/2025
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"Inside The Fight To Save California’s Dying Sea Lions From Toxic Algae" [43]

"An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds"

Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [46]
Public [7]
California [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Source: Guardian [47], 04/15/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [48]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [35]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [49]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist/BPR [50], 04/15/2025
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As One Door Shuts on Climate Risk Data, News Outlet Opens Another [51]

Even as U.S. government agencies rush to wipe climate change information (or even the mention of the word climate) from their websites, others are racing to reconstruct lost data elsewhere. Case in point is a rescued database on climate risks preserved by The Guardian. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has more on the preserved database and how best to use it.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [52]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [53]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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