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"DC Appeals Court Tosses Biden Administration Pipeline Safety Rules" [1]

"A Washington appeals court on Friday ordered the Biden administration to rewrite sweeping new pipeline safety rules issued in 2022."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 08/20/2024
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Watchdogs Warn Of Plutonium Contamination In Los Alamos’ Acid Canyon [10]

"Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons."

Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: AP [16], 08/20/2024
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Nearly 68 Million Suffering From Drought In Southern Africa, Says Bloc [17]

"About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [20]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Africa [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 08/20/2024
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The Battle To Protect Congo’s Vast Peatlands [23]

The Congo Basin is home to the biggest network of tropical peatlands in the world, a vast carbon storehouse central to combating the challenge of climate change. A team of reporters made the journey to this little-covered region and returned with an award-winning feature that told the tale not just of the peatlands, but of the people that protect it. The latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [29]
Region: 
International [30]
Africa [21]
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Public [7]
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"Keeping The Homeless Hydrated In America's Hottest Big City" [31]

"A Context photographer rode along with medics bringing vital heat relief to people living on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona"

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [32], 08/19/2024
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"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide" [33]

"The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Public [7]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [34], 08/19/2024
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"How Your Cat or Dog Could Warn of a Bird Flu Outbreak" [35]

"Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk."

Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [36], 08/19/2024
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Mass. Gov. Healey Signs Ban on PFAS in Firefighters' Gear" [37]

"It was a different kind of phone call that Fall River fire Lt. Jason Burns made on the morning of Aug. 1, after the passage of a bill by Massachusetts lawmakers to ban the use of chemicals linked to cancer in firefighting protective gear."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette [40], 08/19/2024
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Self-Monitoring Penn.Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’ [41]

"Environmentalists say a new report from CNX Resources’ monitoring program, created as part of a collaboration led by Gov. Josh Shapiro, is full of misinformation."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [26]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/19/2024
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Beach Nourishment Offers Challenging Local Environmental Stories [44]

It’s peak beach season around much of the United States, with its timeless traditions of sunbathing, beach reads, swimming and beachcombing. But nature has its own ideas about shorelines, stripping some beaches and growing others. Humans, too, have their own beach engineering enterprises, with their own environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet helps you cover your local beach scene, with questions to ask, story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [45]
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Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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