As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Coronavirus Risks
"From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest."
Source: HuffPost, 06/16/2020
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“Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West”
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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B.C. Mine Proposed In Critical Caribou Habitat
"B.C. is considering a proposal for a new coal mine, planned in the heart of critical habitat for the endangered Quintette caribou herd in the province’s Peace region."
Source: The Narwhal, 06/15/2020
SEJ Stands With Journalists of Color Speaking Out About Systemic Racism
The Society of Environmental Journalists stands with journalists of color who are shedding light on systemic racism, inequities, and discrimination inside and outside of the newsroom. We condemn violence against people who are peacefully protesting police killings of Black people, and violence against journalists reporting on them. We condemn the silencing of Black voices in any newsroom, as well as voices from other underrepresented communities.
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"Trump's Latest Environmental Rollback Threatens Minority Communities"
"President Trump’s latest executive order, lifting environmental review of major projects, will have a disproportionately harmful effect on minorities, experts warn."
Source: The Hill, 06/09/2020
Population Of Top 10 Counties For Climate Disasters: 81% Minority
"Communities with large minority populations are among the most vulnerable in the U.S. to the effects of climate change and could become more threatened as the coronavirus pandemic weakens their resilience to disasters, according to experts and federal data."
Source: Climatewire, 06/09/2020
Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health
Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.
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Pandemic Pushes Bikes Into New Popularity. Will It Last?
Commuters seeking social distancing want them. City dwellers drawn to nearly car-free streets want them too. But the boom in bikes long pre-dates the COVID-19 outbreak, and their eco-friendly reputation offers environment reporters numerous smart local story angles, per the latest TipSheet. Get context, plus numerous story ideas and resources.
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"Read Up on the Links Between Racism and the Environment"
"This week, amid a surge of protests over police violence against black Americans, there’s been renewed scrutiny on the links between racism and environmental degradation in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 06/08/2020
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