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"Snow Leopards Are the Latest Cats to Be Infected With the Coronavirus" [1]

"Snow leopards at the Louisville Zoo are the latest animals to be infected with the coronavirus."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Wildlife [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 12/14/2020
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Safety And Climate Fears Dog Planned LNG Export Terminal on Delaware R. [9]

"Plans for a new half-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas export terminal on the Delaware River in South Jersey were greenlighted by the Delaware River Basin Commission on Wednesday. But opponents say they will challenge the LNG project in federal court, and they’ve gained the support of Hollywood stars like Leonardo DeCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, along with climate leaders like Bill McKibben."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [15]
Source: NPR [16], 12/11/2020
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CDC Scientist Ordered To Delete Email From Trump Appointee: House Probe [17]

"Congressional investigators say Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield may have directed officials to delete a contentious email sent by a Trump appointee that demanded the health agency halt weekly COVID-19 mortality reports that the official called CDC “hit pieces on the administration.”

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: USA TODAY [19], 12/11/2020
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"Coronavirus Slows Safety Reforms In Bangladesh Ship-Breaking Industry" [20]

"The coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to make safer the often hazardous job of dismantling old ships in Bangladesh, officials said, following the latest worker fatality."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Public [6]
Asia [21]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [22], 12/10/2020
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Climate Crisis Is Killing Some of Earth's Oldest Living Things [23]

"California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [2]
Forests [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [26], 12/10/2020
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In Georgia, Hit by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on Ballot [27]

"Though GOP Sens. Perdue and Loeffler have avoided the subject in campaigning for the Jan. 5 runoff elections, climate impacts are undeniable."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 12/10/2020
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"Vast Wildfires In Siberia Linked To Warming Arctic" [30]

"This year’s vast wildfires in far northeastern Russia were linked to broader changes in a warming Arctic, according to a report Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [2]
Public [6]
Antarctica & Arctic [31]
Source: AP [32], 12/09/2020
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"PFAS Chemical Associated With Severe Covid-19" [33]

"Elevated levels of a PFAS compound were associated with more severe forms of Covid-19, according to a Danish study now undergoing peer review. The research, which involved 323 patients infected with the coronavirus, found that those who had elevated levels of a chemical called PFBA were more than twice as likely to have a severe form of the disease."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Public [6]
International [35]
Source: The Intercept [36], 12/08/2020
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Police Raid Home Of Fired Florida COVID-19 Data Whistleblower [37]

"State police brandishing firearms Monday raided the Tallahassee home of Rebekah Jones, the former Department of Health data scientist who built the state's much-praised COVID-19 dashboard before being fired over what she said was refusing to "manipulate data.""

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [38]
Science [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Tallahassee Democrat [39], 12/08/2020
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Trump Admin Nixes Tighter Soot Rules, Despite Link to Covid Deaths [40]

"The Trump administration on Monday declined to tighten controls on industrial soot emissions, disregarding an emerging scientific link between dirty air and Covid-19 death rates."

Air [41]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [43]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [44], 12/08/2020
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[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/science/covid-snow-leopards.html
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/safety-and-climate-fears-dog-planned-lng-export-terminal-delaware-r
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[16] https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2020/12/09/fears-for-safety-and-climate-surround-lng-export-terminal-planned-on-the-delaware/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cdc-scientist-ordered-delete-email-trump-appointee-house-probe
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[19] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/10/cdc-director-robert-redfield-accused-having-scientist-delete-email/3884240001/
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coronavirus-slows-safety-reforms-bangladesh-ship-breaking-industry
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia
[22] https://news.trust.org/item/20201208171215-lic9s/
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-crisis-killing-some-earths-oldest-living-things
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[26] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/09/climate/redwood-sequoia-tree-fire.html
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/georgia-hit-hurricanes-and-drought-climate-change-ballot
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[29] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09122020/georgia-senate-ossoff-perdue-warnock-loeffler-climate-hurricane-drought-sea-level-rise/
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/vast-wildfires-siberia-linked-warming-arctic
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic
[32] https://apnews.com/article/arctic-climate-fires-oceans-wildfires-95e84c9be889a4a933c85a91a78eca64
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pfas-chemical-associated-severe-covid-19
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[36] https://theintercept.com/2020/12/07/pfas-pfba-severe-covid-study/
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/police-raid-home-fired-florida-covid-19-data-whistleblower
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[39] https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/12/07/agents-raid-home-fired-florida-data-scientist-who-built-covid-19-dashboard-rebekah-jones/6482817002/
[40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-admin-nixes-tighter-soot-rules-despite-link-covid-deaths
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[44] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/climate/trump-epa-soot-covid.html
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster?page=7
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