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Why Journalists Should Investigate the Twin Mental Health and Climate Crises [1]

The complicated interplay between climate change and trauma, poorly understood and little covered, is holding back the response by individuals and communities to the realities of the climate crisis, argues the head of a network of mental health and other organizations. Here’s what he has found when it comes to how climate-generated anguish is blocking climate solutions and what can be done about it.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Health [8]
Policy [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility: 
Public [17]
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Reporters Can Address Uncertainty Over Local Risk of Rising Seas [18]

U.S. coastal counties are home to 127 million people, making the risk to life and property of flooding from sea level rise a serious one. But how great that risk is varies widely from place to place. So the latest TipSheet makes the case for environmental journalists to explain the local reality to their audiences. Get context, story ideas and resources to do just that.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [20]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Studies [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [17]
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"The Giving Forest" [25]

"Amid the sprawling farmlands of northeast Wisconsin, the Menominee forest feels like an elixir, and a marvel. Its trees press in, towering and close, softening the air, a dense emerald wilderness that’s home to wolves, bears, otters, warblers and hawks, and that shows little hint of human hands. Yet over the last 160 years, much of this forest has been chopped down and regrown nearly three times."

Environmental Justice [7]
Forests [26]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [28], 04/24/2023
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"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants" [29]

"President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [36], 04/24/2023
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"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice" [37]

"President Biden on Friday plans to announce the creation of a White House Office of Environmental Justice, one of several actions to address the unequal burden that people of color carry from environmental hazards, according to the White House."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Government [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [39], 04/21/2023
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Citing Neo-Nazis, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Grid Protesters [40]

"Utah, Georgia and Tennessee are the latest states to pass legislation designed to counter demonstrations like those against the Dakota Access pipeline."

Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: HuffPost [41], 04/20/2023
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"Seattle Airport, Alaska Air And Delta Sued Over Jet Pollution" [42]

"Neighbors of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday sued the airport's operator and two airlines over jet pollution they said is making them sick and damaging their properties."

Air [43]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Source: Reuters [44], 04/20/2023
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Bill Would Fine Texans for Multiple Unenforced Environmental Complaints [45]

"Opponents say the bill would have a “chilling effect” on citizen reports of air and water pollution."

Activism [3]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 04/19/2023
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House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule [49]

"The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule."

Biodiversity [50]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [32]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: CNN [52], 04/19/2023
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"Report Finds That Heat, Drought And Fires Worsen Air In The West" [53]

"People in western states are breathing dirtier, more polluted air — and worsening heat, drought and wildfires are fueling the pollution, according to a new report."

Air [43]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Forests [26]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [54], 04/19/2023
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