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As NOAA Leaders Take Fall for ‘Sharpiegate,’ Commerce Bigs Duck Blame [1]

"Senior officials within the Commerce Department have ducked two of three investigations into a controversial National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) statement issued during 2019’s Hurricane Dorian in which they played a leading role."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 06/19/2020
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"EPA: Trump's IG Shuffle Surprised Staff — Emails" [13]

"EPA Inspector General Sean O'Donnell's appointment as acting watchdog for the Defense Department came as a shock to his own staff."

Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [14], 06/18/2020
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Coronavirus Hospitalizations Rise Sharply In Some States In June [15]

"As the number of new coronavirus cases continues to increase worldwide, and more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico are recording their highest averages of new cases since the pandemic began, hospitalizations in at least nine states have been on the rise since Memorial Day."

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Environmental Health [16]
Government [5]
Health [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [18], 06/18/2020
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Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Depts Not Equipped To Respond [19]

"How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change"

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [16]
Government [5]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations [20], 06/17/2020
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"Mississippi R.: White House Plots Next Step In Battle Over Yazoo Pumps" [21]

"A controversial flood control and drainage project in Mississippi that EPA vetoed more than a decade ago is aggravating old tensions among environmental groups, lawmakers and agricultural groups in the Magnolia State as the Trump administration plans its next move."

Agriculture [22]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
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Source: E&E News [24], 06/16/2020
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"NOAA Pressured to Support Trump’s Dorian Claims, Report Says" [25]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration faced political pressure from the Commerce Department to support President Donald Trump’s claims last year that Hurricane Dorian could strike Alabama, an independent group concluded in a report released Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 06/16/2020
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [27]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

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Reporters Toolbox [28]
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Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [16]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [32]
Government [5]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [9]
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National (U.S.) [11]
International [35]
Canada [36]
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Interior Official Contacted Former Employer, Violating Ethics Pledge: IG [37]

"An unnamed senior political official at the Interior Department twice violated their ethics pledge through contact with a scientist working for their former employer, according to an internal watchdog report."

Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [39], 06/15/2020
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"A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington’s Rank and File" [40]

"Efforts to undermine climate change science in the federal government, once orchestrated largely by President Trump’s political appointees, are now increasingly driven by midlevel managers trying to protect their jobs and budgets and wary of the scrutiny of senior officials, according to interviews and newly revealed reports and surveys."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Science [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [41], 06/15/2020
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SEJ Calls on Governors To Protect Journalists Covering Protests [42]

June 10, 2020 — SEJ joined with PEN America, the Committee to Protect Journalists and dozens of other press freedom organizations and experts in sending letters to each U.S. governor, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. The letters called on all leaders to uphold press freedom and ensure law enforcement is accountable for recent actions against journalists covering protests.

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