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The Solutions Project’s Storybank [1]

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This multimedia resource is for journalists interested in covering community-led climate solutions. It features the stories of grassroots organizations that are working at the intersection of climate justice and other social challenges. 

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"New Survey Puts Human Face On Pollution Caused By U.S. Wood Pellet Mills" [8]

"A new groundbreaking survey highlights the human toll from pollution and other quality of life impacts connected to those living near the forest biomass industry’s wood pellet mills in the U.S Southeast. Door-to-door interviews were conducted by a coalition of NGOs, with 312 households surveyed in five mostly poor, rural and minority communities located near pellet mills"

Chemicals [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Mongabay [17], 10/29/2024
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"On Navajo Nation, A Push To Electrify More Homes On The Vast Reservation" [18]

"After a five-year wait, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis heard the rumblings of an electrical crew reach their home on the sprawling Navajo Nation."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Source: AP [21], 10/28/2024
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Biden Apologizes For The ‘Sin’ Of A 150-Year Indian Boarding School Policy [22]

"President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country."

Disasters [23]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [25], 10/28/2024
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"Explainer: UN Nature Talks Debate Rules For Genetic Information" [26]

"Countries are expected to reach a deal at this month's U.N. COP16 nature summit on how the world uses and pays for genetic information extracted from nature, according to negotiators."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/24/2024
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"Dems Call On Reclamation To Pay Tribes Unable To Use Colorado River" [32]

"Colorado lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to offer payments to Native American tribes that are unable to use their full share of the Colorado River, arguing the groups should be compensated for reducing pressure on the drought-stricken waterway."

Environmental Justice [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 10/24/2024
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EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Many at Risk [36]

"Advocates say vulnerable communities can’t afford to wait 20 years for service line replacement and that more outreach is required."

Chemicals [9]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 10/24/2024
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Lead Paint Upended This Boy’s Life. Now EPA Will Eliminate The Threat [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is about to issue strict limits on lead dust, which poses a threat to millions of children across the United States."

Chemicals [9]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [39]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/24/2024
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October 30, 2024

Cumulative Impacts: How Tribes and EPA are Considering Cumulative Impacts to Advance EJ for All [43]

In the next installment of the EPA's monthly EJ Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, speakers will offer their perspectives on current efforts to consider cumulative impacts and how advancing our understanding of cumulative impacts can help protect human health and the environment. 2:30 pm ET.

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Diversity [45]
Environmental Justice [7]
Government [46]

"What To Do About One Of America's Last Wild Places" [47]

"Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ranks as one of the wildest places on Earth. In the winter, it’s a haven for some of the last polar bears that traverse land and sea. In the summer, millions of birds descend to build their nests and gather fuel for their journey south."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Antarctica & Arctic [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 10/23/2024
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