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Kentuckians Left Homeless by Floods Sue Coal Company Over Alleged Negligence [1]

"Floods devastated Eastern Kentucky in July. Now, a community wants to hold Blackhawk Mining accountable for its possible role in the disaster."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Earther [10], 08/25/2022
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"On Chile Rivers, Native Spirituality And Development Clash" [11]

"Mist suddenly arose from the Truful Truful River as it flowed below the snow-covered Llaima volcano, and Victor Curin smiled at the sun-dappled water spray. A leader in one of the Indigenous communities by the river’s shores in the Chilean Andes, Curin took it as a sign that the waterfall’s ngen — its owner and protector spirit — approved of his visit and prayer that mid-July morning."

Environmental Justice [5]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
South America [15]
Source: AP [16], 08/24/2022
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"The TVA Is Dumping A Mountain Of Coal Ash In Black South Memphis" [17]

"A convoy is trucking the contaminant through a community already burdened with pollution to dump it in a landfill".

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Waste [19]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Washington Post [20], 08/23/2022
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Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets [21]

Rare parrots, captured in the wild and relocated to a European zoo, are at the heart of an award-winning feature that explores the role of private actors in conservation. Journalist Brendan Borrell (pictured, left) talks about the ethical concerns raised by the controversial figure at the heart of his Audubon Magazine piece, and offers advice on making the most of having an investigation scooped.

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Activism [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Wildlife [27]
Region: 
International [28]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
Europe [30]
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Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [31]

Disasters driven by climate change can leave a lot of people needing help or being displaced long term. But a key safety net and a central federal aid agency often accomplish little to help climate refugees, reports the latest TipSheet. Get the backstory, plus the outlook, along with questions and resources for stories in your community in the wake of climate disasters.

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TipSheet [32]
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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [33]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [12]
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Policy [35]
Water & Oceans [14]
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National (U.S.) [36]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
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"Biden Proposes Restoring Chemical Safety Standards Weakened By Trump" [41]

"The Biden administration is proposing to restore chemical safety regulations that were loosened under the Trump administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reimpose certain safety requirements that apply to facilities including agricultural supply distributors, chemical manufacturers and distributors, food and beverage manufacturers and oil refineries.

Chemicals [42]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: The Hill [44], 08/22/2022
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"Shadowy Oil and Gas Interests Are Deciding Texas' Energy Fate" [45]

"The future of Texas’ troubled electric grid is being decided in the dark, with zero public input, by a group of people with deep connections to the fossil fuel industry."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [46]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Earther [48], 08/17/2022
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"Rise In Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest" [49]

"Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead, Fla., another disaster looms."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: E&E News [50], 08/16/2022
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"Climate Bill Improves Air Quality Despite Fossil Fuel Benefits" [51]

"Marginalized communities inundated with air pollution could be some of the biggest beneficiaries of the tax and climate bill. Environmentalists say the bill would bring potentially transformative local air quality gains, despite a tradeoff of benefits to the fossil fuel industry."

Air [52]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [53]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [54], 08/12/2022
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EPA OKs Plan To Truck Contamination From One Black Community To Another [55]

"Contaminated soil from a Superfund site in Navassa [N.C.] will be shipped to one of three landfills outside Brunswick County, likely moving toxic pollution from one non-white or low-income community to another."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [53]
Waste [19]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: States Newsroom [56], 08/10/2022
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