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"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave" [1]

"A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 06/22/2023
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World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born [11]

"Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. ....Now, a new study shows that the accident ,,, affected not just those who were exposed to the gas that night but also the generation of babies still in the womb when the accident happened."

Chemicals [12]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Public [7]
Asia [13]
Source: NPR [14], 06/21/2023
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"Biden Announces Physician Mandy Cohen Will Lead CDC" [15]

"The Biden administration announced Friday that Mandy Cohen, a physician and a former North Carolina health secretary, will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assuming leadership of an agency left battered by the coronavirus pandemic."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [18], 06/21/2023
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Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India As Death Toll Climbs [19]

"A scorching heat wave in two of India’s most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power, forcing staff to use books to cool patients, as officials investigate a death toll that has reached nearly 170."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Public [7]
Asia [13]
Source: AP [20], 06/20/2023
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"The New War on Bad Air" [21]

"A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?"

Air [22]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [26], 06/20/2023
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Watching the Watchers: How Journalistic Teamwork Uncovered Years of Regulatory Failure in Texas [27]

After a massive fire at a Texas petrochemical storage facility, reporters from Public Health Watch and The Texas Tribune worked together to shed light on who was responsible for this disaster and what health threats had been hidden from the public. This behind-the-scenes report from Public Health Watch’s David Leffler and Savanna Strott looks at the challenges the team faced and how they overcame them.

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Chemicals [12]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
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Pesticide Data Can Ground Food and Farm Stories [34]

A billion pounds of chemicals are used on U.S. crops each year. Designed to protect them, they can also leave residue on foods we eat and enter the waterways we drink from. Reporter’s Toolbox has some key data sources for journalists, whether they’re looking at the big picture or are drilling down locally around issues of pesticide use and human or ecological health.

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Reporters Toolbox [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [37]
Government [17]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [38]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines [39]

"Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires."

Air [22]
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Houston Public Media [40], 06/16/2023
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Bayer OKs $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup Safety Claims [41]

"Bayer AG agreed on Thursday to pay $6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup weedkiller, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [42]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [43], 06/16/2023
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"US Government Toughens Rules On Chemicals Used To Break Up Oil Slicks" [44]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more stringent rules governing offshore oil spill response, amid continuing concerns about the effects on public health and wildlife from chemical disasters, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010."

Biodiversity [42]
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [46]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [47], 06/16/2023
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