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Formaldehyde Causes Leukemia: EPA Assessment Suppressed Under Trump [1]

"Although the formaldehyde assessment has grave implications for public health, Trump administration officials refused to allow the EPA to release it."

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Source: The Intercept [11], 08/24/2021

SEJournal Fills Associate Editor Slot, Expands Feature Content [12]

SEJournal has a new face  — that of just-hired Associate Editor Frances Backhouse, a long-standing member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and a veteran freelancer and author based in Canada. Backhouse will work with the SEJournal’s staff and volunteer editor team to bring in new features from volunteer contributors with journalistic and environmental expertise to share. Meet Backhouse and find out more about her role at the weekly online magazine.

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Air Quality Monitors — and Their Data — Now Easy To Find Via Online Map [16]

High-impact environmental stories often come by tracking polluted air, whether from summer smog, wildfire smoke or numerous other sources. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a series of air pollution data reporting resources, including an interactive map of U.S. air quality monitors. Get the details, plus eight smart suggestions for critical stories from the air pollution data you tap.

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Reporting Innovations Hold Promise for Reporting on Climate Change Amid News Deserts [23]

Slashed news budgets and staff cuts have left many U.S. newsrooms short on time and resources for deep reporting on climate change and other complex topics. But two innovative projects at The Post and Courier in South Carolina — one enriching breaking news stories and the other fostering news outlet cooperation — aim at filling the void. Acclaimed journalist Tony Bartelme explains.

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Pulitzer Finalist on an Estuary’s Tale, and Stories Hiding in Plain Sight [31]

Prize-winning journalist Tony Bartelme and his local news team enter one of the East Coast’s largest, but lesser known estuaries, and come out with an account that awards judges called “gorgeously executed in the best tradition of storytelling about the environment.” Bartelme shares lessons of covering the challenges of an amorphous ecosystem, and touches on his long record of award-winning reporting, in the latest Inside Story.

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"Trump's Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Monsoon Rains" [34]

"It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project. Photos show former President Donald Trump’s border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges."

Climate Change [25]
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Water & Oceans [29]
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Source: Earther [38], 08/23/2021

"Wilderness Closed: BWCA Cleared Of Visitors Amid Increased Fire Danger" [39]

"It’s been a hectic few days for Clare Shirley, who owns Sawbill Canoe Outfitters north of Tofte, Minn. Her business is on Sawbill Lake — a popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness entry point about four miles from the Whelp and John Ek fires burning inside the BWCA."

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Source: MPR [41], 08/23/2021

"The Methane Hunters" [42]

"Frackers in America’s largest oil field are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists and activists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further."

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Source: Bloomberg [44], 08/23/2021

"Denser Cities Could Be A Climate Boon – But Nimbyism Stands In The Way" [45]

"Drawing people into cities could cut emissions and combat housing crises. But even progressives are hard to convince".

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Source: Guardian [47], 08/23/2021

What Will Happen To Millions Of Retired Electric Car Batteries? [48]

"A tsunami of electric vehicles is expected in rich countries, as car companies and governments pledge to ramp up their numbers – there are predicted be 145m on the roads by 2030. But while electric vehicles can play an important role in reducing emissions, they also contain a potential environmental timebomb: their batteries."

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Source: Guardian [50], 08/23/2021

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