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The Community We’ve Long Ignored [1]

Veteran environmental justice reporter Yessenia Funes this week launches “Voices of Environmental Justice,” her new SEJournal column. Each quarterly commentary will focus on spotlighting the perspectives of affected communities that environmental and climate journalists often ignore. For her inaugural entry, with Pride month nearing its end, a look at how climate change and environmental pollution exacerbate the already elevated health risks of LGBTQIA+ people.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Diversity [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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Wildfire Smoke — Now a Local Story in Unaccustomed Places [15]

The harms of air pollutants created by wildfires are clear. What’s lost in the haze, though, is that wildfire smoke can carry those pollutants vast distances, threatening communities that are unfamiliar with the risks. The latest TipSheet explains the dangers and how far-flung wildfire smoke travels, then offers a dozen story ideas plus reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Pollution [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
International [24]
Canada [25]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon" [26]

"Bangladesh, a river delta nation, is on the front line of climate change. Its coping strategies could offer lessons for the wider world."

Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [19]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
Asia [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/26/2023
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"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves" [32]

"Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas—a goal that has proven elusive for years."

Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
International [24]
Antarctica & Arctic [36]
Source: AFP [37], 06/26/2023
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Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake [38]

"Because of overuse of water and climate change, the Great Salt Lake is drying up — and the Mormon Church is taking on an unusually public role to help save it."

Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [40]
Natural Resources [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 06/26/2023
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"Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches" [44]

"‘We just don’t have a peach crop,’ one Peach State farmer lamented".

Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [19]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Washington Post [45], 06/26/2023
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EPA Hearing: "Can Louisiana Properly Regulate Carbon Capture Wells? [46]

"Louisiana’s ability to regulate carbon capture injection wells went before the court of public opinion Wednesday as proponents and critics of the burgeoning industry sparred at the first day of a three-day public comment marathon on the state’s bid to wrest control of the wells from the federal government."

Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [48]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [49], 06/23/2023
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"Beijing Soars Above 41 Degrees Celsius, Smashes June Record" [50]

"The temperature in Beijing breached 41 degrees Celsius on Thursday and shattered the record for the hottest day in June as heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier returned to the Chinese capital."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [48]
Public [14]
Asia [30]
Source: Reuters [51], 06/23/2023
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"Meteorologist Who Was Threatened Over Climate Coverage to Leave Job" [52]

"The chief meteorologist of a television news station in Iowa said this week that he was leaving his job to start a career in science, citing in large part the post-traumatic stress disorder that he said he had suffered after he was threatened last year over his on-air coverage of climate change."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Science [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 06/23/2023
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"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome" [56]

"The Oregon county that includes Portland on Thursday filed a lawsuit against several fossil fuel companies and their business partners in an effort to hold them responsible for a deadly heat wave in 2021."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [57]
Source: NYTimes [58], 06/23/2023
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