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Congress Members Want U.S. To Do More To Stop Record Tijuana Pollution [1]

"San Diego Congress members are calling on the U.S. State Department to press Mexico to address unprecedented levels of sewage pollution spilling over from Tijuana, causing unbearable rotten-egg odors for residents in the region."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Mexico [10]
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune [11], 09/04/2024
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"Too Hot For Trout: Why Some Fly Fishers Are Rethinking Their Approach [12]

"In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves around it, she says, standing in the shade of tall pines on the banks of the Blackfoot River."

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Source: NPR [17], 09/03/2024
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Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land [18]

"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Pollution [5]
Waste [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: AP [25], 09/03/2024
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"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections" [26]

"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central [29], 09/03/2024
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Pa. Will Monitor Private Wells Near The East Palestine Site For 10 Years [30]

"A year and a half after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced plans to monitor private drinking water wells for Pennsylvania residents living within one mile of the accident site for the next decade."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [31]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Infrastructure [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: EHN [34], 09/03/2024
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"Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals." [35]

"Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [2]
Food [37]
Pollution [5]
Waste [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [38], 09/03/2024
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Carbon Credits: How One Company’s Plan To Help The Planet Went Off The Rails [39]

"C-Quest Capital claimed it could improve people’s lives in Africa with cleaner cookstoves. But an investigation by The Post shows it promised more than it could deliver."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [41]
Africa [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 09/03/2024
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Making Sense of Jewish Perspectives on the Climate Story [44]

American Jews are heavily involved in climate action in both the political and civic realms. But current events in Israel and Gaza can make it hard for U.S. journalists to cover environmental stories important to Jews at home or abroad. Jewish freelancer Ethan Brown on differences and synergies between Israeli and American Jewish environmentalism and how to approach stories within each community.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [46]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Journalism & Media [49]
Military [50]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [41]
Middle East [52]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Sea Surface Temperature Data Tells Many Environmental Stories [53]

With hurricane season expected to kick into high gear, a key data source for reporters is sea surface temperatures. But this widely available information can also tell reporters something about many other water-related environment stories, whether algal blooms, bacterial risks to public health or the prospects for entire estuarine systems. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you dip your toe into this important data pool.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [54]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Health [55]
Journalism & Media [49]
Science [56]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [41]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [58]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [49]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [59], 08/30/2024
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