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"Hell Is High Water" [1]

"When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans?"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Slate [7], 06/24/2019
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"Chesapeake Bay 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest In Decades, Scientists Say" [8]

"An area of little to no oxygen could pose a threat to marine life in the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan predict the "dead zone" could be about 2.1 cubic miles — making it one of the largest in the past 20 years."

Fish & Fisheries [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: Salisbury Daily Times [12], 06/24/2019
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Wilderness Society Sues Trump Administration To Get Mine Rule Docs [13]

"The Wilderness Society is suing the Trump administration to try to force the release of documents on its decision to lift restrictions on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota."

Forests [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: AP [19], 06/21/2019
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Florida Could Face $76 Billion In Climate Change Costs By 2040: Report [20]

"That’s billion, with a B. The study says the state would need to spend that much on sea walls to mitigate rising sea levels."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [22], 06/20/2019
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Rising Temperatures Ravage the Himalayas, Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers [23]

"Climate change is “eating” the glaciers of the Himalayas, posing a grave threat to hundreds of millions of people who live downstream, a study based on 40 years of satellite data has shown."

Climate Change [2]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Asia [25]
Source: NY Times [26], 06/20/2019
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Offshore Drilling: House Votes To Halt Funding For Atlantic Exploration [27]

"The House last night voted to cut off funding for Trump administration efforts to drill off the Atlantic coast, as the chamber launched debate on a second multibill spending package that includes funds for EPA and the Interior Department."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [30], 06/20/2019
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Clean Water Act: Did Burning River Really Fuel Landmark Law's Passage? [31]

"In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time. It was a short blaze, under control within 30 minutes and fully extinguished within two hours."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [33], 06/19/2019
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"Appropriations: Environment And Energy Debates Take Center Stage" [34]

"The next two weeks will be crucial for energy and environment debates in the House, with the new Democratic majority taking up most major spending bills for fiscal 2020."

Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [35], 06/19/2019
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Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [36]

It’s a category of more than 4,000 industrial chemicals that affect our lives nearly every day — and many of which are toxic. So what do journalists need to know to report on the emerging contaminants known as PFAS? Our most recent Issue Backgrounder offers a detailed primer on what PFAS are, where they come from, what their health effects are and how they might be cleaned up.

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Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Food [41]
Health [42]
Science [43]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
International [46]
Australia & Oceania [47]
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Public [5]
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Database Helps Track PFAS Drinking Water Contamination [48]

Millions of people across the United States are believed to be drinking PFAS-contaminated water. And a growing database could prove an invaluable resource for environmental journalists trying to get a handle on that public health risk. Our latest biweekly Reporter’s Toolbox, recently refocused on data journalism tools and techniques, explains how to tap the expanding PFAS data.

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Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
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Health [42]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
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