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"CDC Issues Health Alert For Deadly Tick-Borne Disease" [1]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday warned clinicians and the public about an outbreak of a rare but deadly tick-borne disease that hospitalized five patients in Southern California, killing three of them, after they traveled to or lived in a Mexican border city in recent months."

Environmental Health [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Washington Post [6], 12/11/2023

Self-Censorship Is Still Hiding in the Closet [7]

While government censorship may worry journalists, so should self-censorship. That’s the warning in this month’s WatchDog Opinion, whether self-censorship’s “chilling effect” is driven by fears of attack, legal or physical, or by distortions in what it means to be fair, a “bothsidesism” usually pushed by one-sided players. But the bottom line, the column argues, is that when the truth is knowable and known, journalists owe it to their audiences to make the call.

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Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
International [10]
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Student Journalists Show the Way on Data With Methane Flaring Project [11]

The global warming gas methane was much in the news at the start of the just-ended COP28 climate meeting, with a final Biden administration rule to trim releases by the fossil fuel industry. But when it comes to good journalism on the problem, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox spotlights the work of a team of journalism students who used sophisticated satellite data to tell the story of underreported methane flaring at drilling sites.

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Reporters Toolbox [12]
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Air [13]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Journalism & Media [9]
Pollution [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
International [10]
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Capturing the Invisible — Photographing Extreme Heat Waves [20]

If extreme heat seems an unusual subject for December, the new EJ InSight column reminds us that among the natural disasters sweeping 2023 were waves of devastating global highs. Yet telling that story visually is an enormous challenge, acknowledges former LA Times photo editor Silvia Rázgová, who shares insights into how to portray the seriousness of extreme heat, getting beyond the cliches and connecting (safely) with its dangerous reality.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [21]
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Climate Change [14]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
California [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
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"The Problem With Those Kitchen Composting Machines" [26]

"Spoiler: For starters, what they produce is not compost."

Agriculture [27]
Consumer [28]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Sierra [29], 12/08/2023

Turning Blades Send First Commercial Offshore Wind Power Onto US Grid [30]

"Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. An 800-foot tall turbine is now sending electricity onto the grid from a commercial-scale offshore wind farm on pace to be the country’s first."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [32], 12/08/2023

Pregnant Women Near Farms Had Higher Weedkiller Levels During Spraying Season [33]

"Pregnant women living near farm fields show “significantly” increased concentrations of glyphosate weedkiller in their urine during periods when farmers are spraying their fields with the herbicide, according to a new scientific paper published on Wednesday."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [36], 12/08/2023

"Election-Year Rules Could Span Coal Dust To California Owls" [37]

"The Biden administration aims to complete an ambitious set of energy and environment-related rules as it navigates the tumult of a presidential election year."

Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News [39], 12/08/2023

"House Backs GOP Bill To Block EPA Rule On Tailpipe Pollution" [40]

"House Republicans approved a bill Wednesday to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Transportation [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [43], 12/07/2023

"The US EV Industry Now Faces A Choice: Tax Credits Or Chinese Batteries" [44]

"Long-awaited rules from the Biden admin could make all EVs ineligible for the $7,500 customer tax credit — unless the industry can source key supplies beyond China."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Technology [45]
Transportation [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Asia [46]
Source: Canary Media [47], 12/07/2023

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