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CAFO SNAFU — Why Emissions Data Are So Hard To Find [1]

Sometimes the challenge for environmental reporters is a mess of data. But sometimes it’s just less data. That’s the case with confined animal feed operations, which have been the subject of a years-long political tug of war over tracking emissions harmful to humans and the environment. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explains, then offers alternate sources for CAFO data.

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Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Waste [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
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Public [17]
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"Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading" [18]

"A trio of orcas worked together to sink a yacht off the coast of Spain, the latest in a string of similar incidents involving the marine mammals and European boats."

Activism [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Justice [7]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
International [21]
Source: HuffPost [22], 05/22/2023
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"The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil" [23]

"The flood-prone city of Hoboken, New Jersey, sued Exxon, Chevron, and other oil companies three years ago, hoping to put them on trial for deceiving the public."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [7]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [26], 05/22/2023
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As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story [27]

"SATARTIA, Miss. – On Feb. 22, 2020, a clear Saturday after weeks of rain, Deemmeris Debra'e Burns, his brother and cousin decided to go fishing. They were headed home in a red Cadillac when they heard a boom and saw a big white cloud shooting into the evening sky."

Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [24]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [31], 05/22/2023
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Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate [32]

"A federal judge said Thursday he is unlikely to force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [7]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: AP [34], 05/19/2023
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"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills" [35]

"The Biden administration is moving to close a loophole that had exempted hundreds of inactive coal ash landfills from rules designed to prevent heavy metals like mercury and arsenic from seeping into groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Waste [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [36], 05/18/2023
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June 30, 2023

DEADLINE: Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant [37]

Diversify Photo and the Pulitzer Center invite applications from photojournalists worldwide for stories on systemic and underreported issues in our communities, including but not limited to racial justice, climate change, environmental justice, gender equality and human rights. Three $3,000 awards. Deadline: Jun 30, 2023.

Awards and Grants [38]
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Public [17]
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Climate Change [24]
Diversity [39]
Environmental Justice [7]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [40]
Region: 
International [21]

Communities Of Color Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS In Drinking Water [41]

"Residents of communities with bigger Black and Hispanic populations are more likely to be exposed to harmful levels of “forever chemicals” in their water supplies, a new study has found."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [42], 05/17/2023
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Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways [43]

"The Biden administration is supporting a nearly $10 billion highway expansion in Houston that ignited a yearlong debate about its climate effects and the demolition of almost 1,000 homes."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 05/16/2023
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"Exxon Targets Standing in Largest-Ever Citizen Lawsuit Penalty" [47]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. and environmental groups will square off once again in circuit court on Tuesday in a 13-year-old lawsuit over pollution from the energy giant’s Baytown, Texas, refinery."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 05/16/2023
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