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April 8, 2020

After the Pandemic: Health Care in Crisis [1]

The pandemic has laid bare the poor condition of health systems around the world and shows that health care as a human right remains elusive for many people. The current health crisis is severely affecting low-income communities and people of color. And that won’t end when the pandemic does – the health impacts of climate change will keep those challenges alive. What steps must be taken now to protect those most vulnerable? A discussion for journalists. 11:00 a.m. ET; registration required.

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"New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates" [11]

"Coronavirus patients in areas that had high levels of air pollution before the pandemic are more likely to die from the infection than patients in cleaner parts of the country, according to a new nationwide study that offers the first clear link between long-term exposure to pollution and Covid-19 death rates."

Air [4]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Pollution [12]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [14], 04/08/2020
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"Oil Companies Are Collapsing, but Wind and Solar Energy Keep Growing" [15]

"The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been hammered by low oil and gas prices."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [17], 04/07/2020
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Already Braced for Covid-19, Towns Watch Rising Mississippi With Fear [18]

"With the coronavirus already stretching supplies and budgets, local leaders worry that a flood could overwhelm them."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Green [21], 04/07/2020
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"Ban Wildlife Markets To Avert Pandemics, Says UN Biodiversity Chief" [22]

"The United Nations’ biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets – such as the one in Wuhan, China, believed to be the starting point of the coronavirus outbreak – to prevent future pandemics."

Consumer [23]
Disasters [6]
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Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Food [26]
Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [27]
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Public [3]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 04/07/2020
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Black Americans Face High Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States [31]

"In Louisiana, one of the states most devastated by the coronavirus, about 70 percent of the people who have died are African-American, officials announced on Monday, though only a third of the state’s population is black."

Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [32], 04/07/2020
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EPA Threatens Legal Action Against Sellers of Fake Coronavirus Cleaners [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency warned Friday that disinfectants and sanitizers falsely claiming to protect against the coronavirus are flooding the market and threatened legal action against retailers that sell unregistered products."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [36], 04/06/2020
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Unprotected, Farmworkers Live in Fear of Covid-19 but Keep Working [37]

"As Americans shelter in place across much of the country, washing their hands and making sure to stay six feet away from others, the farmworkers carpool on grocery runs. At day's end, most retreat to cramped, crowded quarters, sleeping several to a room."

Agriculture [19]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [38]
Health [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: InsideClimate News [39], 04/06/2020
  • Read more about Unprotected, Farmworkers Live in Fear of Covid-19 but Keep Working [37]

Tribes Have Highest Rates Of Diseases That Make COVID-19 More Lethal [40]

"They hastily piled all the dumbbells and treadmills in the back of a gym to make room for 23 extra hospital beds. The beds aren’t needed yet, but on a reservation where residents suffer high rates of diseases that exist throughout Indian Country, the Lummi Tribal Health Clinic is taking every precaution to prepare for the deadly coronavirus."

Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [38]
Health [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [41], 04/06/2020
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Covering Climate Change in Age of Coronavirus [42]

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed climate change out of the headlines. But the two stories have much in common if journalists look beneath the surface. That was the consensus of expert panelists at an April 2 webinar organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists, who also had suggestions on how to cover both beats better. Read more, or check out video [43] or audio [44].

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Planning & Growth [49]
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