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"Killers of Honduran Activist Get Up To 50-Year Sentences" [1]

"A Honduran court sentenced seven people to prison terms of up to 50 years Monday for the 2016 murder of indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres."

Activism [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: AP [6], 12/04/2019
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Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [7]

As U.S. coal’s comedown continues, our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a close look at the factors behind the industry’s decline and finds a combination of economics, competition and shifting global markets, along with aging technology, politics and environmental pushback. What’s in store for coal in 2020?

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
California [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [28]
Canada [29]
Mexico [30]
Africa [31]
Antarctica & Arctic [32]
Asia [33]
Australia & Oceania [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Europe [35]
Middle East [36]
South America [37]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"In Guatemala, A Bad Year For Corn — And For U.S. Aid" [38]

"In a good year, Jesús García Ramos can feed his family all year on the corn that he grows in small fields around his home in the Guatemalan village of Quilinco. But this was not a good year."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [40]
People & Population [41]
Public [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: NPR [42], 10/07/2019
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As New Disease Wipes Out Caribbean Coral, Scientists Try To Stop Spread [43]

"Off the coast of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a group of scientists is tearing a reef apart in a feverish attempt to save some of its coral. They are battling a fast-moving, lethal disease that researchers say is unprecedented in the speed with which it can damage large numbers of coral species across the Caribbean Sea."

Science [44]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: Reuters [46], 09/27/2019
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"Imelda Left Texas With at Least 5 Deaths and Historic Rainfall" [47]

"BEAUMONT, Tex. — The flooding rose as high as Archie Pugh’s wheelchair. After surging water from Tropical Depression Imelda rushed into his house and up against his wheels, Mr. Pugh, who has a partial leg amputation, could not wait for 911. He perched himself on the arm of a sofa, hoping for help."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [40]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: NY Times [48], 09/23/2019
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Trump Admin Ignored Climate's Impact On Migration From Central America [49]

"Research compiled one year ago by Customs and Border Protection pointed to an overwhelming factor driving record-setting migration to the U.S. from Guatemala: Crop shortages were leaving rural Guatemalans, especially in the country's western highlands, in extreme poverty and starving."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [10]
People & Population [41]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: NBC News [50], 09/23/2019
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Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [51]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [52]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [53]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [54]
Health [55]
Journalism & Media [56]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [57]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [45]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
California [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [28]
Canada [29]
Mexico [30]
Africa [31]
Antarctica & Arctic [32]
Asia [33]
Australia & Oceania [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Europe [35]
South America [37]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"Dorian's Toll: Bahamas Officials Say 2,500 Missing In Storm's Wake" [58]

"Around 2,500 people are feared missing in the Bahamas in the wake of devastating Hurricane Dorian, a number that may include people who fled to shelters around the Caribbean island chain, authorities said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: Reuters [59], 09/12/2019
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"Corpses Strewn, People Missing a Week After Dorian Hit the Bahamas" [60]

"MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — The corpse was lying on its back, dressed in black shorts and a red shirt, arms outstretched, face toward the sky."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: NY Times [61], 09/09/2019
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"Aerial Video Shows Total Destruction Of Bahama Island After Dorian" [62]

"A helicopter captures, in graphic detail, the devastation left in the Bahamas."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [40]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [5]
Source: NBC News/AP [63], 09/06/2019
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