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"Scientist: Extent of DDT Dumping In Pacific Is ‘Staggering’" [1]

"Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [9]
Source: AP [10], 04/28/2021
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Angling for Stories on Streams Suffering From Climate Change? Try Trout [11]

Telling the local climate change story may mean you’ll have to dip a wading-boot-clad toe into the nearest stream, virtually at least. A decline there of a bellwether species, freshwater trout, could signal climate change-driven changes in critical water temperatures. To help guide your investigation, Reporter’s Toolbox spotlights a government database that taps into a massive network of monitoring stations. 

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Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
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"The Fight to Clean Up the EPA" [16]

"The Environmental Protection Agency recently acknowledged what was plain to most outside observers throughout the Trump era. “Over the past few years, I am aware that political interference sometimes compromised the integrity of our science,” Michal Freedhoff, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, wrote it in a March 10 internal memo."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Intercept [21], 04/27/2021
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EPA Calls Old Creosote Works in Pensacola Threat to Human Health [22]

"Heavy rains have dispersed highly toxic dioxins throughout the Sanders Beach neighborhood for years. Now residents hope the Biden administration will help put an end to their misery."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 04/27/2021
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May 11, 2021

SEJ Webinar: What Would Real Environmental Health and Justice Look Like? [25]

Join SEJ's all-star panel, ahead of the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council meeting on May 13, for a discussion of what's happening in local communities and at the national level, and get story ideas on both the problems and solutions to the challenges of protecting environmental health and equity. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET

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Fla. Passes Bill To Protect Sugar Farmers From Health Hazard Suits [28]

"Persuaded by testimony from the leaders in the Glades agriculture community that sugar burning is not harming their residents, the Florida House on Thursday sent to the governor a bill that gives the agriculture industry protection from lawsuits related to long-term health damage."

Agriculture [2]
Air [29]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Miami Herald [31], 04/26/2021
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Study Finds Lyme-Carrying Ticks Next To Beaches And Almost Everywhere [32]

"Disease-carrying ticks, commonly associated with wooded areas, are also abundant near beaches in Northern California, according to a study. They weren’t found on beaches themselves, but in the brush and vegetation beachgoers may walk through to get to the sand."

Environmental Health [4]
Wildlife [33]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [34], 04/26/2021
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Chemical Industry Lobbying And Cash Defeated Regulation In Trump Era [35]

"Industry’s congressional allies defeated nearly all PFAS legislation while the Trump EPA killed, watered down or slowalked new rules".

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [36], 04/26/2021
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EPA, Virgin Islands Launch Probe After 2nd St. Croix Refinery Incident [37]

"Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Virgin Islands officials are investigating a second accident at a controversial refinery in St. Croix after it emitted noxious fumes that prompted some schools and a vaccination site on the island to close Friday."

Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Washington Post [39], 04/26/2021
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April 29, 2021

Impact Investigations: Environmental Coverage with a Racial Equity Lens [40]

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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