Health

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [5], 06/12/2009

Read more about Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco [1]

"How Trump Gutted OSHA and Workplace Safety Rules" [6]

"Trump’s attack on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has left workers vulnerable to Covid-19."

Agriculture [7]

Environmental Justice [9]

Health [2]

Laws & Regulations [11]

Public [3]

Source: NPR [12], 10/22/2020

Read more about "How Trump Gutted OSHA and Workplace Safety Rules" [6]

"Watchdog To Investigate Allegations Of Trump Interference at CDC, FDA [13]

"An independent government watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's alleged political interference with public health agencies, Democratic senators announced Monday."

Disasters [14]

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Science [15]

Public [3]

Source: The Hill [16], 10/20/2020

Read more about "Watchdog To Investigate Allegations Of Trump Interference at CDC, FDA [13]

Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [17]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types:

Inside Story [18]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [19]

Air [20]

Chemicals [21]

Health [2]

Journalism & Media [22]

People & Population [23]

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Coronavirus Cases Rising in US, Sparking Worries Next Big Wave Has Begun [26]

"U.S. coronavirus cases are rising again, driven by rapid transmission in Midwestern states and sparking fears that a forewarned wave of infections this fall and winter has begun."

Disasters [14]

Environmental Justice [9]

Government [27]

Health [2]

Public [3]

Source: Washington Post [28], 10/14/2020

Read more about Coronavirus Cases Rising in US, Sparking Worries Next Big Wave Has Begun [26]

Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [29]

The narrative around the ocean should become a more hopeful one, argues former NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. As evidence at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent virtual conference, Lubchenco cites a top-level international analysis that suggests the ocean can play a positive role in everything from reducing climate change to securing the future of food. Find out more.

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SEJ News [30]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [31]

Economy & Business [32]

Energy & Fuel [33]

Environmental Studies [34]

Fish & Fisheries [35]

Food [36]

Government [27]

Health [2]

Laws & Regulations [11]

Natural Resources [37]

Policy [38]

Pollution [24]

Science [15]

Transportation [39]

Waste [40]

Water & Oceans [41]

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International [42]

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"COVID-19 Outbreak Kills Nearly 10,000 Minks On Utah Fur Farms" [43]

"Thousands of farmed minks in Wisconsin and Utah have died from the novel coronavirus, which experts say they got from humans."

Agriculture [7]

Biodiversity [44]

Disasters [14]

Health [2]

Wildlife [45]

Public [3]

Source: Yahoo! [46], 10/12/2020

Read more about "COVID-19 Outbreak Kills Nearly 10,000 Minks On Utah Fur Farms" [43]

Watchdog Dings Trump Administration For Pandemic Relief For Oil Companies [47]

"The Trump administration mismanaged its efforts to provide relief to oil and gas producers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, failing to ensure aid went to those that needed it, according to a new congressional report.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan watchdog office of Congress, said the government flouted its own goals when giving struggling producers a break this spring on payments to the government for oil and gas pumped from federal lands.

Climate Change [31]

Disasters [14]

Energy & Fuel [33]

Environmental Justice [9]

Health [2]

Public [3]

Source: Washington Post [48], 10/09/2020

Read more about Watchdog Dings Trump Administration For Pandemic Relief For Oil Companies [47]

"CDC Acknowledges Coronavirus Can Spread Via Airborne Transmission" [49]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says the coronavirus can be spread through airborne particles that can linger in the air "for minutes or even hours" — even among people who are more than 6 feet apart."

Air [20]

Disasters [14]

Health [2]

Pollution [24]

Public [3]