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Report Clears Alberta Officials After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months [1]

"A review commissioned by the board of directors at the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are no concerns with the way the organization handled seepage and a subsequent spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Canada [9]
Source: The Narwhal [10], 09/28/2023
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"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind" [11]

"That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States".

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [3]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Sierra [15], 09/28/2023
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WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded [16]

"When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. “When there’s smoke or there’s a fire, they lock you in,” Whitman said. Whitman, president of the advocacy group Black Prisoners’ Caucus, is incarcerated at Airway Heights Corrections Center."

Air [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Justice [3]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Source: Washington State Standard [20], 09/27/2023
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"Indigenous Brazilians Celebrate Land Claims Win - But Fight Goes On" [21]

"A few days ago, hundreds of Xokleng Indigenous people gathered around a screen in Ibirama-La Klãnõ territory in southern Brazil to watch the Supreme Court vote on Indigenous land rights."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Justice [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [8]
South America [23]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [24], 09/27/2023
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"The Human Limit: The Inequality Of Heat" [25]

"After the third day without power, the residents of Kasia Bagan had had enough. Their city of Kolkata was in the midst of a blistering heat wave, with temperatures rising to 105 degrees, making life in the narrow lanes and in their tiny one-room homes nearly unbearable."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [3]
People & Population [5]
Public [8]
International [27]
Asia [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 09/26/2023
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"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates" [30]

"The Biden administration has championed carbon removal projects as better neighbors than the pollution-spewing industries of the past. But the Department of Energy’s first two candidates for its $3.5 billion direct air capture program have conducted an opaque early outreach process in the disadvantaged Louisiana and Texas communities where the projects would be built."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/26/2023
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Biden Tells Pacific Islands Leaders That He Will Act On Climate [34]

"President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [31]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [27]
Source: AP [35], 09/26/2023
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"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks" [36]

"An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation and the quality of medical information online".

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Science [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [39], 09/25/2023
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Funding To Replace Lead Pipes Is Just the Start of the Story [40]

Billions of dollars in federal funding to get rid of lead pipes is only the beginning — now the pipes have to be located, removed and replaced. And the latest TipSheet says that’s a story that’s found in many U.S. communities, so is ripe for local reporting. Here’s the backstory and why it matters, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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Consumer [42]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Studies [43]
Government [44]
Health [45]
Infrastructure [46]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [48]

As hurricane season ramps up, how are the disaster planners considering those with disabilities in your community? Texas-based journalist Greg Harman shares the story of one group that sued their city over claims it failed to properly prepare. And he extracts some rules of thumb to help determine if emergency planners are taking those with disabilities into consideration where you are.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [50]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [18]
Diversity [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [31]
Government [44]
Health [45]
Infrastructure [46]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [37]
People & Population [5]
Policy [52]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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