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Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Depts Not Equipped To Respond [1]

"How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change"

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations [7], 06/17/2020
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As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Coronavirus Risks [8]

"From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest."

Agriculture [9]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Food [12]
Health [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [15], 06/16/2020
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Democratic Party Irked By Council's 'Insurgent' Climate Plan - Sources [16]

"The Democratic National Committee’s council on climate change irked party leadership when it published policy recommendations this month that ventured beyond presidential candidate Joe Biden’s plan, according to three people familiar with the matter."

Activism [17]
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Environmental Politics [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [19], 06/16/2020
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Group Targeting Environmental Racism Relaunches Amid Virus Disparities [20]

"The National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN), which aims to fight environmental inequality and racism, is relaunching amid the disproportionate impact that the coronavirus has had on African Americans."

Chemicals [21]
Diversity [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [24], 06/16/2020
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"Supreme Court: Justices Reject Clean Water Act Plea In Blow To Miners" [25]

"Supreme Court justices today declined to consider whether moving — but not adding — rocks, sand and other debris within a regulated waterway is subject to Clean Water Act restrictions."

Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [29], 06/16/2020
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"U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way For Pipeline To Cross Appalachian Trail" [30]

"Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [32], 06/16/2020
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"NOAA Pressured to Support Trump’s Dorian Claims, Report Says" [33]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration faced political pressure from the Commerce Department to support President Donald Trump’s claims last year that Hurricane Dorian could strike Alabama, an independent group concluded in a report released Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [34]
Science [35]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 06/16/2020
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"Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee" [37]

"President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission is Nancy Beck, a toxicologist who currently leads chemical and pesticide regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [39], 06/16/2020
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [40]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

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Chemicals [21]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [12]
Government [4]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [43]
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“Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West” [45]

It’s a site of stunning natural beauty. It’s also the place with America’s worst income inequality. A new book details how Wyoming’s Teton County elite have, perhaps unwittingly, used their extreme wealth to remake the region through conservation easements and donations to environmental causes, but remain blind to the needs of the area’s poorer residents. The latest BookShelf review explains.

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Activism [17]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Politics [18]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [14]
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National (U.S.) [6]
California [48]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
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