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"Top Dem Seeks Probe of Trump EPA’s Handling Of Yazoo Pumps" [1]

"Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Democrat in Mississippi’s congressional delegation, has requested EPA investigate the agency’s handling of a controversial flood control project in his state."

Agriculture [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 11/05/2021
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"As Madagascar Faces Climate-Linked Famine, UN Flags Need To Prepare" [9]

"With the African island nation suffering a food crisis driven by drought on a warming planet, WFP says it's an alarm bell on the need to step up protection for vulnerable people"

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Africa [14]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [15], 11/05/2021
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"America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic" [16]

"For years, a dangerous salmonella strain has sickened thousands and continues to spread through the chicken industry. The USDA knows about it. So do the companies. And yet, contaminated meat continues to be sold to consumers."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ProPublica [18], 11/02/2021
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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [19]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

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Backgrounders [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [21]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [22]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
People & Population [26]
Science [27]
Wildlife [28]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [29]
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November 11, 2021 to November 13, 2021

Between Worlds: Emergence in an Emergency [31]

The Bioneers 2021 virtual conference features best-selling authors, MacArthur "geniuses," Goldman Prize recipients and others to discuss connections and projects drawing on Indigenous and nature-based knowledge to bridge the space between the world as it is, and what it could be. Also included: interactive sessions. 

Other Events [32]
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Activism [33]
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Diversity [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [22]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [26]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [37]
Technology [38]

Enviros Petition EPA To Rescind Factory Farms’ “Free Pass To Pollute” [39]

"A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups petitioned the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday to abandon a "sweetheart" deal with factory farm owners—and start enforcing air pollution regulations."

Agriculture [2]
Air [40]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [41]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [42]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [43], 10/29/2021
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"Drought-Stricken California Doused By Powerful Storm" [44]

"A powerful storm barreled toward Southern California after flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows in areas burned bare by recent fires across the northern part of the state."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [45]
Source: AP [46], 10/25/2021
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Big Ag Pays Farmers For Control Of Their Soil-Bound Carbon [47]

"The biggest global agriculture companies are competing on a new front: enticing farmers to join programs that keep atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide in the soil."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [48], 10/25/2021
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"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security" [49]

"The Biden administration released several reports Thursday about climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to significantly challenge stability worldwide."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Military [50]
People & Population [26]
Public [5]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [51], 10/22/2021
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"How Industrial Chicken Production Is Breeding The Next Pandemic" [52]

"At least eight types of bird flu, all of which can kill humans, are circulating around the world’s factory farms – and they could be worse than Covid-19".

Agriculture [2]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [5]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [53], 10/19/2021
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