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"US To Join Summit On Global Green Recovery From Covid-19 Crisis" [1]

"The US is to join with other major powers including China, India and the EU in formulating plans for a global green recovery from the coronavirus crisis, in the only major international summit on the climate emergency this year."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 06/30/2020
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Building Materials Data Can Help Construct Environmental Stories [11]

Toxics abound in many building materials, creating indoor environmental hazards for workers and residents alike. To help report the story, Reporter’s Toolbox details a massive database of chemicals and building materials, and explains how to use it to assess their presence in buildings in your community. Plus, story ideas to get you started.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [13]
Chemicals [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
International [9]
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Public [8]
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Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response [18]

When two towns — one an affluent suburb and the other a poor rural community — faced similar air pollution crises, lopsided government action made clear there was an underlying race and class divide. Reporter Sharon Lerner shares the story behind her award-winning reporting that tells the “Tale of Two Toxic Cities,” in our latest Inside Story Q&A.

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Inside Story [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [20]
Air [13]
Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
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Public [8]
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"Space Agencies Unveil Site Showing Lockdown Changes To Earth" [27]

"You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: AP [30], 06/29/2020
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"Chesapeake Energy, Fracking Pioneer, Files For Bankruptcy Owing $9bn" [31]

"Chesapeake Energy, the shale gas drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection." "The Oklahoma City-based company helped turn the US into a global energy powerhouse but ran up huge debts in the process".

 

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [32], 06/29/2020
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Environmental Justice: "St. James Parish Takes on Big Plastic" [33]

"Beneath a searing Louisiana sun, a crowd gathers on a former sugar cane plantation to commemorate Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. Rows of unmarked graves stand nearby—believed to be the resting place of those who’d been enslaved on the plantation. A few people, clad in face masks, hold up a banner: Honoring Our Ancestors. Another sign, staked into the grass, is aimed not at the past, but at the future: FORMOSA: YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE."

Activism [20]
Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [24]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Hakai [36], 06/29/2020
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Florida Scientist Says She Was Fired For Not Manipulating COVID-19 Data [37]

"NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rebekah Jones, a scientist who was fired from Florida's health department, who is now publishing a coronavirus dashboard of her own to track the state's COVID-19 cases."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [16]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: NPR [38], 06/29/2020
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How A Box Full Of Plastic Got Two La. Women Arrested For "Terrorizing" [39]

"Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, environmental activists with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, turned themselves into the Baton Rouge Police Department Thursday to be booked on counts stemming from a plastic pollution awareness event that took place more than seven months ago."

Activism [20]
Chemicals [14]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [43], 06/26/2020
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"How the Virus Won" [44]

"Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We analyzed travel patterns, hidden infections and genetic data to show how the epidemic spun out of control."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Health [7]
Science [28]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [45], 06/26/2020
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Amid Human Pandemic, Deadly Disease Strikes Rabbit Populations [46]

"A lethal disease that strikes rabbits has been detected in a jackrabbit in Palm Springs, leading veterinarians and animal rescue organizations to prepare for its potential spread to San Diego County and throughout the state."

Environmental Health [6]
Wildlife [47]
Public [8]
California [48]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Source: LA Times [50], 06/25/2020
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