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"Humberto Heads Toward Bermuda, Imelda Soaks Houston, East Texas" [1]

"Hurricane Humberto gained strength and speed as it moved closer to Bermuda early Wednesday but the islands are likely to be spared a direct hit, forecasters said."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 09/18/2019
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [8]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJournal Online [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [10]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Policy [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [21]
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Public [5]
  • Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [8]

Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [22]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [25]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [30]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
International [21]
Canada [34]
Mexico [35]
Africa [36]
Antarctica & Arctic [37]
Asia [38]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Europe [41]
South America [42]
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Public [5]
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"How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’" [43]

"Warming waters and a series of dams are making the grueling migration of the Chinook salmon even more deadly — and threatening dozens of other species."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
Source: NY Times [47], 09/17/2019
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"Third Round Of Flooding In 2019 Likely Along Missouri River" [48]

"The amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is approaching the record set during the historic 2011 flood, and another round of flooding is expected this week after unusually heavy rains upstream, federal officials said."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [49], 09/17/2019
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"Humberto Strengthens Into A Hurricane: U.S. NHC" [50]

"Humberto has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen further during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [51], 09/16/2019
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"Energy And Water: Senate Releases Massive $48.9B Spending Bill" [52]

"Clean energy research and the interim storage of nuclear waste are big winners in the Senate's $48.9 billion fiscal 2020 Energy-Water spending bill released this morning [Thursday]."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Science [20]
Technology [53]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [54], 09/13/2019
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Pentagon Says PFAS Cleanup Costs Will Dwarf Earlier Estimates [55]

"Military leaders said Thursday that “forever chemical” contamination costs are likely to surpass their original $2 billion estimate as Congress works to push the Department of Defense (DOD) to clean up contaminated water across the country."

Chemicals [25]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Military [56]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [57], 09/13/2019
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"Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protection" [58]

"The Trump administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation that had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and other bodies of water."

Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [59], 09/13/2019
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"Bristol Bay Salmon Are in Hot Water" [60]

"This past summer, high water temperatures contributed to the deaths of more than 100,000 salmon."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
Source: Hakai [62], 09/12/2019
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