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Latest TRI Data Can Charge Up Local Stories, Including on PFAS [1]

When it comes to a core data set that just keeps giving for environmental journalists, Reporter’s Toolbox points you to the Toxics Release Inventory. A new year of data has just been released, with much insight to be extracted. And the TRI now also includes PFAS chemicals for the first time. Here’s how to use it for your local stories.

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"Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production" [11]

"Coal industry influence and climate change denial paved the state’s race to the clean energy bottom. As one lawmaker put it: “God created coal for people.”"

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 03/31/2023
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"‘Gone Wrong’: Doubts On Carbon-Credit Program In Peru Forest" [19]

"The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [10]
South America [22]
Source: AP [23], 03/31/2023
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"Long-Awaited Rules for Carbon Offset Market Disappoint Experts" [24]

"A widely touted effort to clean up the embattled carbon-offsets market has been met with disappointment among experts."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [10]
International [26]
Source: Bloomberg Green [27], 03/31/2023
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Biden To Announce Federal Funding For Mississippi Tornado Recovery Friday [28]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Friday that the federal government will cover for 30 days the full cost of Mississippi's emergency measures in response to last week's storm that killed 26 people, a White House official said."

Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [30], 03/31/2023
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"House GOP Approves Broad Bill To ‘Unleash’ American Energy" [31]

"House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [33], 03/31/2023
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"Elderly Swiss Women Bring European Court's First Climate Case" [34]

"Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [35]
Public [10]
International [26]
Europe [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 03/30/2023
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"EPA Leaves Americans In The Dark On Toxic Air Pollution" [38]

"Across the United States, residents of neighborhoods abutting refineries, chemical plants and other major industrial sources can generally be sure of two facts: Those facilities emits tons of dangerous pollutants and EPA rarely requires monitoring for their presence in local air."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [39], 03/30/2023
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UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations [40]

"The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from 117 other countries."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 03/30/2023
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"Biden Administration Sells Oil And Gas Leases In The Gulf Of Mexico" [42]

"Fossil fuel energy companies looking to extract oil and natural gas from U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico got a boost on Wednesday, as they secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [44], 03/30/2023
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