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Pesticide Data Can Ground Food and Farm Stories [1]

A billion pounds of chemicals are used on U.S. crops each year. Designed to protect them, they can also leave residue on foods we eat and enter the waterways we drink from. Reporter’s Toolbox has some key data sources for journalists, whether they’re looking at the big picture or are drilling down locally around issues of pesticide use and human or ecological health.

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Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Public [13]
July 18, 2023

One-Day Law School for Journalists [14]

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts' intensive online program is designed to support journalists and others in the media who face the challenge of reporting on the court system without a law degree. The program is offered at no charge. 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Other Events [15]
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Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [16]
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National (U.S.) [12]

"Uptick Seen in Red Knots on Jersey Shore" [17]

"An annual spring count instilled hope among biologists that the threatened shorebird may be recovering from recent declines. Crab harvesting bans were partly credited for the rise."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 06/16/2023

Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines [24]

"Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires."

Air [25]
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Houston Public Media [30], 06/16/2023

U.S. Proposes Deep Fee Reductions For Wind, Solar On Federal Land [31]

"A new regulation will formalize a roughly 80% cut in project fees for wind and solar energy developments on federal lands under a proposal by the Biden administration on Thursday as part of a strategy to boost renewable energy to fight climate change."

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [35], 06/16/2023

Once-Shuttered California Mine Trying To Transform Rare Earth Industry [36]

"A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons."

Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [34]
Military [37]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist [38], 06/16/2023

Bayer OKs $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup Safety Claims [39]

"Bayer AG agreed on Thursday to pay $6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup weedkiller, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [41], 06/16/2023

"US Government Toughens Rules On Chemicals Used To Break Up Oil Slicks" [42]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more stringent rules governing offshore oil spill response, amid continuing concerns about the effects on public health and wildlife from chemical disasters, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010."

Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [28]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [43], 06/16/2023

Power Firms Quietly Pushed $215m Into US Politics Via Dark Money Groups [44]

"US power companies have made political donations of at least $215m to dark money groups in recent years, according to a new analysis of 25 for-profit utilities, amid growing concerns around how they wield influence." "Donations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators".

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Floodlight [46], 06/16/2023

"US Cities Risk Losing Out On Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs" [47]

"In a church on Chicago's West Side near where he grew up, Marques Jones Jr. is hoping to earn more money and help his family by learning how to install and maintain the solar panels he now sees everywhere he goes."

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Infrastructure [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 06/15/2023

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