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Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [1]

As hurricane season ramps up, how are the disaster planners considering those with disabilities in your community? Texas-based journalist Greg Harman shares the story of one group that sued their city over claims it failed to properly prepare. And he extracts some rules of thumb to help determine if emergency planners are taking those with disabilities into consideration where you are.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Diversity [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Policy [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]
October 26, 2023 to October 27, 2023

Carbon Capture Deep Dive [21]

The Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas invites journalists to Houston to explore what’s behind big oil’s relentless marketing campaign and what’s at stake for communities. Meals and hotel accommodations will be provided for the first 40 journalists to register. Speakers include Dr. Robert D. Bullard and others.

Other Events [22]
Visibility: 
Public [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]

"Adriana Carillo’s Life’s Work Is To Find Migrants Lost In The Desert" [24]

"She and her team of volunteers brave extreme heat to search for people left behind on the perilous journey from Mexico to the U.S."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
People & Population [15]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
International [25]
Mexico [26]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [27], 09/08/2023

Heat Brings Texas Grid Closest It Has Been To Outages Since 2021 Winter [28]

"Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [7]
Public [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [29], 09/08/2023

West Texas Residents Forge Their Own Solution To Undrinkable Water [30]

"The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems."

Activism [3]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [7]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Texas Tribune [33], 09/06/2023

"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools" [34]

"PragerU doesn’t need official approval to spread climate denial in public schools, a Texas State Teachers Association representative tells HEATED."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [35]
Public [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: HEATED [36], 08/30/2023

"Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Permit Invalidated By US Appeals Court" [37]

"A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in western Texas, which the Republican-led state has argued would be dangerous to build in one of the nation's largest oil basins.

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked the authority under federal law to issue permits for private, temporary nuclear waste storage sites.

Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Waste [39]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Reuters [40], 08/29/2023

Storm Warning — How To Prepare for Weather Disaster Reporting [41]

Major storms hit hard and fast. Successful on-the-ground coverage requires advance prep and consideration of how to deal with challenges. Seasoned reporter Emily Foxhall has learned a lot from Hurricane Harvey and other disasters — sometimes the hard way. She shares tips for planning, packing and getting colleagues back home to help with logistics, plus some reminders about self-care.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation [43]

What brought together two teams of student reporters, half a dozen states and 1,000 miles apart? For one, the high environmental cost of chemical fertilizer. For another, a pair of dedicated journalism teachers. Cynthia Barnett and Sara Shipley Hiles share how they took the project from daydream to reality, brought students into the field and got pickup from numerous news outlets, in the latest EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [44]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [46]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Food [50]
Journalism & Media [13]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

Climate Change May Force More Farmers And Ranchers To Costly Irrigation [53]

"The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Natural Resources [54]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [56], 08/24/2023

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