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Pacific Northwest Rides Adaptation Wave [1]

The final entry in our multi-week “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [2]” special report explores how the Pacific Northwest is adapting to climate change, whether it’s new approaches to working the land, changing critical infrastructure or rethinking our mindset. Read this last tipsheet, plus check out our earlier reports on climate mitigation [3] and on climate impacts [4], plus our stage-setting backgrounder [5] and a reporter’s resource toolkit [6].

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Environmental Health [16]
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Fish & Fisheries [19]
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Government [22]
Health [23]
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April 2, 2020

SEJ Webinar: Covering a Crisis: Climate, Coronavirus, and Global (In)Action [39]

How should the media cover a crisis? SEJ's 2020 webinar series launches with a discussion of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that could inform how journalists, scientists and advocates communicate about and address climate change. Join panelists Denis Hayes, The Earth Day Network and The Bullitt Foundation; Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations; and John Mecklin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moderated by Guardian US' Emily Holden. All journalists welcome for this free event, Noon-1:00 p.m. ET. Sign up to join or receive the recording.

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Policy [28]

Journalism Associations, Other Groups Offer COVID-19 Reporting Resources [42]

If reporting on the coronavirus crisis is off your usual beat, Reporter's Toolbox has help — a compilation of resource guides for reporters covering this historic public health emergency. Check out useful links from journalism associations and other news media bodies, as well as info about open information under COVID-19, international journalism resources and more.

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"What It’s Like To Not Have Running Water During A Pandemic" [45]

"Thwarting the coronavirus means washing hands and staying hydrated. That’s not easy for the 2 million Americans still without plumbing in 2020."

Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [46]
Health [23]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [38]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: HuffPost [47], 03/27/2020
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Bernhardt Refuses To Let Grand Canyon National Park Close Amid COVID-19 [48]

"Hours after Coconino County officials in Arizona, frustrated that Grand Canyon National Park is still open despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic, urged Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Thursday to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and close the park, the National Park Service announced some operational changes at the park."

Disasters [41]
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Laws & Regulations [49]
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Source: National Parks Traveler [50], 03/27/2020
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"Politics: Winners And Losers In The Economic Stimulus Package" [51]

"Congress is putting the finishing touches this week on a $2 trillion bill to fight the new coronavirus that would be the largest funding measure ever to clear Capitol Hill."

Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [16]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Public [38]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: E&E Daily [52], 03/27/2020
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"Trump’s Push To Open Economy Could Come At Cost Of Lives" [53]

"The contrast could hardly be more stark. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has said that if all of his sweeping, expensive measures to stem the coronavirus saved one life, it would be worth it. President Donald Trump has another view: The costs of shutting down the economy outweigh the benefits, frequently telling Americans that 35,000 people a year die from the common flu."

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Source: AP [54], 03/27/2020
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April 1, 2020

Webinar: Fighting for Open Records During the COVID-19 Crisis [55]

Co-hosted by IRE and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, this free webinar takes place live at 2:00 p.m. Panelists will discuss specific records to ask for to investigate coronavirus response at all levels of government, and resources to help push back against agencies that say they can't fill requests during this crisis. Bring your questions. Recording will be available afterwards.

Other Events [56]
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"Why Isn't America Hearing From The CDC?" [57]

"At a time when the nation is desperate for authoritative information about the coronavirus pandemic, the country's foremost agency for fighting infectious disease outbreaks has gone conspicuously silent."

Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [16]
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Government [22]
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Public [38]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NPR [58], 03/26/2020
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"After Senate Vote, Massive U.S. Coronavirus Bill Moves To The House" [59]

"The U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill sent the unprecedented economic legislation to the House of Representatives, whose Democratic leaders hope to pass it on Friday."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [41]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Health [23]
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Source: Reuters [60], 03/26/2020
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