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April 29, 2021

Impact Investigations: Environmental Coverage with a Racial Equity Lens [1]

Join the Fund for Investigative Journalism on April 29, 2021 for a free online forum. Hear from several leading journalists, including two of their grantees whose recent stories examine the impact of environmental issues on communities of color. Moderated by Lottie Joiner, who serves on the FIJ’s Board of Directors. 11:30am ET.

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Activism [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]

"‘Forever Chemicals’ Coat The Outer Layers Of Biodegradable Straws" [7]

"More evidence that harmful PFAS chemicals are sneaking into some "green" and "compostable" products."

Chemicals [8]
Consumer [9]
Environmental Health [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [11], 04/22/2021
  • Read more about "‘Forever Chemicals’ Coat The Outer Layers Of Biodegradable Straws" [7]

"Four In 10 Americans Live In Counties With Unhealthy Air Pollution" [12]

"New research from the American Lung Association finds that more than four in 10 people – a whopping 135 million in the US – live in counties with unhealthy levels of particle or ozone pollution."

Air [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [15], 04/22/2021
  • Read more about "Four In 10 Americans Live In Counties With Unhealthy Air Pollution" [12]

"Lead Detected In 80% Of Allegheny County, Pa., Water Systems: Report" [16]

"Lead was detected in 80 percent of water systems in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which encompasses Pittsburgh, in 2019, according to a new two-year analysis."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: EHN [19], 04/22/2021
  • Read more about "Lead Detected In 80% Of Allegheny County, Pa., Water Systems: Report" [16]

Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do We Find Next 'Big One'? [20]

"In movies such as Contagion, a pandemic begins in a flash. A deadly virus spills over from an animal, like a pig, into humans and then quickly triggers an outbreak."

Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [22]
Public [3]
International [23]
Source: NPR [24], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do We Find Next 'Big One'? [20]

Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish [25]

"Export terminal would be built on slave cemetery, emit 566,466 tons of greenhouse gases per year".

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [32], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish [25]

‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice [33]

"Deanna Miller Berry first learned of the scores of complaints about Denmark, South Carolina’s water supply, during her 2017 mayoral campaign."

Activism [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [36], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about ‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice [33]

"How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal" [37]

"From weatherization funds to electric vehicles, the White House made compromises to enlist a broad coalition that includes labor and communities of color".

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [39], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about "How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal" [37]

Watchdog: Trump-Era Rollback Of Car Rules Undercut EPA Staffers' Advice [40]

"Former President Trump's rollback of clean car standards violated federal regulatory processes, obscured career staffers' concerns and failed to assess impacts on vulnerable communities, according to EPA's internal watchdog."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [41], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about Watchdog: Trump-Era Rollback Of Car Rules Undercut EPA Staffers' Advice [40]

Report On Suncor Malfunctions Doesn't Quell Calls For Refinery’s Closure [42]

"The problem-plagued Suncor Energy oil refinery’s push to renew its operating permits, and questions about state regulatory oversight, have intensified fears of residents, business owners and elected officials that toxic pollution north of Denver won’t end."

Air [13]
Chemicals [8]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [14]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: Denver Post [44], 04/21/2021
  • Read more about Report On Suncor Malfunctions Doesn't Quell Calls For Refinery’s Closure [42]

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