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Mississippi Set To Be 13th State To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests [1]

"A bill intended to have a chilling effect threatens seven years in prison for protesters and up to $100,000 in fines for groups supporting them."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: HuffPost [12], 06/17/2020
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Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Depts Not Equipped To Respond [13]

"How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change"

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Government [14]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations [16], 06/17/2020
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As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Coronavirus Risks [17]

"From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest."

Agriculture [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Food [20]
Health [21]
People & Population [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [23], 06/16/2020
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"BP Prepares for a Future That Needs Less Oil" [24]

"BP sent a signal to investors on Monday that the economic shock of the pandemic would reverberate for years, and that less gas and oil would probably be needed in the future."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [21]
Public [10]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 06/16/2020
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Group Targeting Environmental Racism Relaunches Amid Virus Disparities [28]

"The National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN), which aims to fight environmental inequality and racism, is relaunching amid the disproportionate impact that the coronavirus has had on African Americans."

Chemicals [29]
Diversity [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [31], 06/16/2020
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"Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee" [32]

"President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission is Nancy Beck, a toxicologist who currently leads chemical and pesticide regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [34], 06/16/2020
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [35]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

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Chemicals [29]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Food [20]
Government [14]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [26]
Canada [41]
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Public [10]
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"States Overuse ‘Emergency’ Pesticide Exemptions, Watchdogs Say" [42]

"Three states that ask the EPA every year for permission to use a pesticide proven to harm bees are using emergency exemptions as a backdoor way to evade pesticide rules, an environmental group argues."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 06/15/2020
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"Air Pollution: Soot Rule Thrusts EPA Into Spotlight On Race" [44]

"EPA published a proposal in the Federal Register yesterday that critics described as an assault on minority communities coping with the public health legacy of structural racism."

Air [45]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [46]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [39]
Science [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Climatewire [48], 06/15/2020
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"Halt In Ecotourism Threatens Conservation Efforts Worldwide" [49]

"In northern Cambodia, giant ibis, white-winged ducks and other rare species have helped ecotourism take flight in recent years. Just two decades after their near extinction, the population of giant ibis has grown to about 300 birds, bringing in thousands of visitors to remote areas of the country. This tourism has provided an important economic catalyst, generating critical revenue for rural communities and conservation initiatives."

Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [21]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [50]
Public [10]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [51], 06/15/2020
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