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Award-Winning Beat Reporting Highlights Legacy of Environmental Racism [1]

Top-flight regional reporting (and data analysis) that explored inequities between Black and white communities around Baltimore, Maryland, yielded journalist Scott Dance a wide range of stories — and a first-place prize in the most recent awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Dance, now on the climate desk for The Washington Post shares insights from the beat in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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"America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?" [17]

"In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [9]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 03/25/2024
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"In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates" [21]

"Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Source: Capital & Main [24], 03/25/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [25]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [27]
Source: NPR [28], 03/25/2024
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Warm, Dry Spring Has US Forecasters Worried About Upcoming Wildfire Season [29]

"Most of the United States is expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, federal forecasters say, with dry conditions likely in the West. That's raising concerns about wildfires, especially in parts of the Southwest, Great Plains, and the Upper Mississippi River Valley, said Jon Gottschalck, operations branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [18]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [30], 03/25/2024
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Finding Your Way Through the Forest of Forest Data [31]

Forests are full of environmental stories, from timber sales and wildlife habitat to climate change and hunting. And for reporters in search of resources to report them, the U.S. Forest Service offers an immense array of datasets to match the hundreds of millions of acres of land under its domain. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox gets you started on using the vast Forest Service data collection.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [32]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [26]
Forests [33]
Government [34]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [35]
Policy [11]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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"Dunes Aren’t Just Big Piles Of Sand. Here’s Why Earth Needs Them." [37]

"The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune” are also under siege — from climate change and human development."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Studies [39]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
International [19]
Source: Washington Post [41], 03/22/2024
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Bats Are In Trouble. That’s Bad For Anyone Who Likes Mezcal, Rice Or Avocado [42]

"If you’ve ever enjoyed coffee, tomatoes, corn, bananas, mangoes, walnuts, chocolate, tequila or mezcal, you may just owe bats a thank-you."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [38]
Consumer [43]
Food [44]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [19]
Mexico [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 03/22/2024
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DOE Announces $475M For Clean Energy Projects On Mine Land Sites [47]

"The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada." "The administration said the clean energy projects will strengthen the country’s energy security while helping ensure mining communities continue playing a role in the energy economy."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [50]
Natural Resources [35]
Technology [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [52], 03/22/2024
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"Senate-Passed Radiation Legislation Left Out Of House Spending Bill" [53]

"A standalone bill to expand and reauthorize a 30-year-old radiation compensation program that passed the Senate with a filibuster-proof majority will not be included in the text of a House appropriations bill."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [54]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [56], 03/22/2024
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