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"MTA Gives Final Approval For Congestion Pricing In NYC" [1]

"The MTA board on Wednesday gave its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Source: Gothamist [9], 03/28/2024
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Award-Winning Beat Reporting Highlights Legacy of Environmental Racism [10]

Top-flight regional reporting (and data analysis) that explored inequities between Black and white communities around Baltimore, Maryland, yielded journalist Scott Dance a wide range of stories — and a first-place prize in the most recent awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Dance, now on the climate desk for The Washington Post shares insights from the beat in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [18]
Policy [19]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
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Public [7]
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"America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?" [23]

"In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [24]
People & Population [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 03/25/2024
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‘Dangerous And Abusive’ Conditions In Indian Shrimp Industry: Report [27]

"Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wrinkled her nose."

Agriculture [12]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [31]
Laws & Regulations [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [21]
Asia [32]
Source: AP [33], 03/22/2024
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Calif. Tribe That Lost 90% Of Land During Gold Rush To Get Redwood Site [34]

"California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year."

Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [36]
Source: AP [37], 03/21/2024
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"Caribou Declines Causing Angst For Hunters Are Part Of Wider Trend" [38]

"Alaska subsistence hunters struggling with caribou declines and lost hunting opportunities got a message at a gathering in Anchorage last week: They are not alone." "There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say".

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [28]
Food [31]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Wildlife [40]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
International [25]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: Alaska Beacon [43], 03/21/2024
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As Threats To Air Quality Rise, Communities Deploy Low-Cost Air Monitors [44]

"When the monitors detect unhealthy conditions, people can protect themselves by closing doors and windows and avoiding unmasked time outdoors."

Activism [45]
Air [46]
Environmental Justice [14]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [36]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [47], 03/21/2024
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"Empire Of The Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us" [48]

"People have long drawn comparisons between ant societies and human ones – but in fact they are a reminder of how limited our influence on the world really is"

Biodiversity [39]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Wildlife [40]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [49], 03/20/2024
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"Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought" [50]

"In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished."

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [31]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
Asia [32]
Source: NYTimes [51], 03/20/2024
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"Using AI To Spot Edible Mushrooms Could Kill You" [52]

"AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes".

Biodiversity [39]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [31]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Science [53]
Technology [54]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [55], 03/19/2024
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