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Chase Down Environmental Ballot Measures for State-Level Stories [1]

Although the realities of the pandemic may mean fewer state and local ballot measures in the upcoming election — and the presidential contest is drawing much of the spotlight — they can still be potentially fruitful stories for reporters willing to seek them out. Here are eight top ways to track this year’s environment and energy ballot measures, from the latest Reporter’s Toolbox.

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Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
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"New Jersey Law Seeks To Stem Pollution In Minority Areas" [11]

"NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Source: AP [14], 09/21/2020
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"Supreme Court: Ginsburg Death Leaves 'No Environmental Voice' On Bench" [15]

"The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could shake the foundation of America's bedrock environmental laws, leaving a chasm on the bench where once sat an environmental champion."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [17], 09/21/2020
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"White House Docs: Trump Aides Pushed EPA for Fewer Methane Checks" [18]

"EPA bowed to White House pressure during interagency review of an oil and gas emissions rule by reducing requirements for a segment of the natural gas supply chain to monitor and repair methane leaks."

Air [19]
Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/21/2020
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"Court Temporarily Pauses EPA Methane Emissions Rollback" [25]

"A court has temporarily halted an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that rescinded Obama-era standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, preventing the rollback from taking effect for the time being."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [26], 09/18/2020
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"As Wildfires Rage, California Presses Insurers to Cut Rates" [27]

"Faced with the twin climate crises of historic wildfires and spiraling insurance costs, California on Wednesday laid out new rules to make insurance more affordable in fire-prone areas. But the changes could backfire, experts say — pushing insurers to stop offering insurance in those areas and further imperiling communities on the front lines of climate change."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
California [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 09/17/2020
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"EPA Postpones Environmental Justice Training After White House Memo" [31]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will postpone training on environmental inequity faced by communities of color and low-income communities following a White House order calling for agencies to stop training involving what it described as 'anti-American propaganda.'"

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [32], 09/17/2020
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"House Democrats Tee Up Vote On Climate-Focused Energy Bill Next Week" [33]

"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says the chamber will vote next week on a more-than-900-page energy package billed as a response to climate change."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [34], 09/17/2020
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‘We’ve Always Known Ours Was Contaminated’: The Trouble With U.S. Water [35]

"Ageing infrastructure, legacy pollution and emerging contaminants across the US are driving a growing urgency to do something about America’s water crisis".

Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [37], 09/16/2020
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"Poaching Pressure Mounts On Jaguars, The Americas’ Iconic Big Cat" [38]

"In the past seven years, trafficking of jaguars and their body parts has become a major threat to the species, with China the main destination."

Biodiversity [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Wildlife [40]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mexico [41]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
South America [43]
Source: Mongabay [44], 09/15/2020
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