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Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [1]

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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Economy & Business [4]
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Environmental Health [6]
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Food [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
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Science [17]
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"COVID-19 Outbreak Kills Nearly 10,000 Minks On Utah Fur Farms" [24]

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

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [12]
Wildlife [28]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Yahoo! [29], 10/12/2020

Watchdog Dings Trump Administration For Pandemic Relief For Oil Companies [30]

"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.

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Source: Washington Post [32], 10/09/2020

"CDC Acknowledges Coronavirus Can Spread Via Airborne Transmission" [33]

"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 [34]
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Environmental Health [6]
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Source: NPR [35], 10/07/2020

Millions In US COVID-19 Aid Went To Companies With Pollution Violations [36]

"Businesses that have paid a collective $52 million in penalties for environmental offenses received up to $32 million in PPP money."

Disasters [27]
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Source: HuffPost [37], 10/06/2020

"Height of Fashion? Clothes Mountains Build Up As Recycling Breaks Down" [38]

"Clothes recycling is the pressure-release valve of fast fashion, and it’s breaking under COVID-19 curbs. The multi-billion-dollar trade in second-hand clothing helps prevent the global fashion industry’s growing pile of waste going straight to landfill, while keeping wardrobes clear for next season’s designs."

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Health [12]
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Source: Reuters [40], 10/06/2020

HHS Renews $10.2 Million Contract For COVID-19 Data Tracking Company [41]

"The Department of Health and Human Services decided to award a second $10.2 million, six-month contract to TeleTracking Technologies even though Congressional committees are investigating the process by which the contract was awarded and the HHS Inspector General is looking at how the company is securing the information it is gathering, an NPR Investigation has learned."

Disasters [27]
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Source: NPR [43], 10/05/2020

"The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations" [44]

"A recent CDC report estimates Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are 3.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than white people, and those under 18 are more likely to test positive."

Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [31]
Health [12]
People & Population [45]
Public [23]
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Source: NPR [46], 09/28/2020

CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Covid-19 [47]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted guidance Friday evening saying that aerosol transmission might be one of the "most common" ways the coronavirus is spreading — and then took the guidance down on Monday."

Air [34]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [12]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NPR [48], 09/22/2020

Trump Flack Tries To Spin Key CDC Weekly Report [49]

More revelations of Trump administration duplicity on the science front, per the new WatchDog opinion column, which reports on a scoop about political appointees trying to warp weekly public health data to ensure they don’t undercut Trump’s political messaging. Oh, and Bob Woodward’s new book affirming the president knew of COVID-19’s dangers early on, but deliberately played them down.

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