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Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [1]

The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.

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EPA Leak on Problem Coal Ash Sites Could Yield Local Drinking Water Stories [11]

Closure plans for more than 160 coal ash facilities crisscrossing the United States are under renewed scrutiny by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a newly leaked list. The latest TipSheet credits that leak with offering local environmental reporters story leads on potential drinking water pollution in their communities. Get the details, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

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Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
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UPS Tests Tiny Battery-Powered Cycles For Deliveries In Congested Cities [21]

"UPS unveiled Tuesday a battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle to more efficiently haul cargo in some of the world’s most congested streets and to reduce its carbon footprint."

Climate Change [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [24], 06/20/2022
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Funding Needed For Climate Disasters Has Risen ‘More Than 800%’ In 20 Years [25]

"The funding needed by UN climate disaster appeals has soared by more than 800% in 20 years as global heating takes hold. But only about half of it is being met by rich countries, according to a new report by Oxfam."

Climate Change [22]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [26], 06/20/2022
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"Emperor Penguin Decline A ‘Done Deal’ Without Global Action" [27]

"The fate of the emperor penguin is in doubt, as global warming threatens its icy habitat — and world leaders struggle to enact protections that could buy the iconic Antarctica bird some much-needed time."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [22]
Public [10]
Antarctica & Arctic [29]
Source: E&E News [30], 06/20/2022
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Farmers Restoring Hawaii’s Ancient Food Forests That Once Fed An Island [31]

"Maui is a hub for GMO research but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors for Hawaiians who took only what they needed."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [28]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [5]
Public [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: Guardian [35], 06/20/2022
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"Floods in India, Bangladesh Leave Millions Homeless, 18 Dead" [36]


"DHAKA, Bangladesh — Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [37]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
International [8]
Asia [38]
Source: WPTV [39], 06/20/2022
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"Montana Governor Under Fire For Vacationing During Flood" [40]

"As punishing floods tore through Yellowstone National Park and neighboring Montana communities, the state’s governor was nowhere to be seen."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: AP [42], 06/20/2022
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"Europe Wilts Under Early June Heatwave" [43]

"Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns such early summer blasts of hot weather will now become the norm."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [44]
Public [10]
Europe [45]
Source: France24 [46], 06/20/2022
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"Court Sends EPA Back To Work On Glyphosate Cancer Finding" [47]

"A federal appeals court today scrapped a 2020 EPA finding on the human health impacts of a chemical at the center of a pending Supreme Court petition on cancer risk from the popular Roundup weedkiller."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [13]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [48], 06/20/2022
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