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"Calculating Air Pollution’s Death Toll, Across State Lines" [1]

"Here’s further proof that air pollution ignores borders: In most states, about half of the premature deaths caused by poor air quality are linked to pollutants that blow in from other states, a new study found."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [7], 02/13/2020
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"Pesticides: Study: EPA Failing To Set Limits That Protect Children" [8]

"EPA isn't fully following a federal law that requires tighter limits on potential pesticide exposure for children and infants, an environmental group said."

Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [13], 02/13/2020
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April 16, 2020 to April 18, 2020

IJNR Workshop: Fire on the Land [14]

This Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources workshop in Missoula, MT, will connect journalist attendees with experts regarding the ecological, economic, social and public health impacts of wildfire. Open to first 20 registrants; $25 registration fee includes lodging, meals and local transportation.

Workshops and Fellowships [15]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]

"Experts Criticize EPA Lead And Copper Rule Revisions" [22]

"Experts and advocates on Tuesday criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to combat lead in the water supply, calling for the agency to require that service lines containing lead be replaced."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [25], 02/12/2020
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"More Chemical Wastes Released, Recycled in 2018, EPA Says" [26]

"The total amount of production-related waste that industrial and federal facilities reported to the EPA increased from 2017 to 2018, the agency said in Toxics Release Inventory data."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [19]
Waste [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 02/12/2020
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"Trump EPA’s Adviser Policy in Legal Knot After Court Ruling" [29]

"A court decision striking down the Trump administration’s effort to limit who can serve on EPA advisory boards conflicts with other rulings and leaves open questions about the policy’s future."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 02/12/2020
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"Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump Proposes Slashing CDC Budget" [32]

"Amid an explosive outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China that has killed over 1,000 and sickened over 43,000 worldwide, US President Donald Trump proposed a nearly 19 percent budget cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the agency primarily tasked with preparing for and responding to such outbreaks and other serious health threats."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [33]
Science [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Ars Technica [34], 02/12/2020
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Bayer Asks Calif. Court To Reverse $86 Million Roundup Cancer Verdict [35]

"Bayer AG has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found it was responsible for a couple’s cancer caused by its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup."

Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [36], 02/11/2020
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"Budget: Trump Proposes Deep Energy, Environmental Cuts" [37]

"President Trump's $4.8 trillion fiscal 2021 budget proposal released today once again seeks to slash many energy and environmental programs to help shore up national security spending."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [38], 02/11/2020
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Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [39]

This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions [40] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."​

Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [9]
Air [2]
Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [42]
Consumer [43]
Disasters [16]
Diversity [44]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Food [50]
Forests [17]
Government [33]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [51]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [52]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [53]
Policy [54]
Pollution [4]
Science [30]
Technology [55]
Transportation [56]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [57]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [58]
International [59]
Canada [60]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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