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In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves [1]

"A community program tracks air pollution in real time. Burdened by polluting facilities, 86 percent of Bayview’s children developed severe asthma before kindergarten."

Activism [2]
Air [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [9]
Public [10]
California [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 11/30/2021
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [13]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

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Backgrounders [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [3]
Climate Change [15]
Diversity [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [8]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
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Public [10]
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"EPA Forces Natural Gas Plants To Make Pollution Data Public" [34]

"For the first time, hundreds of natural gas processing plants will have to publicly report emissions of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants."

Air [3]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [37], 11/24/2021
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Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK [38]

"The Biden administration submitted a treaty amendment aimed at curbing a set of climate super-pollutants for Senate approval on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed."

Air [3]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [15]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [39], 11/17/2021
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New Delhi Air Pollution Is So Bad, Officials Call For Citywide Lockdown [40]

"India's Supreme Court is calling for a lockdown in the capital, New Delhi. It's because of a health emergency, but it's not about COVID-19. It's about air pollution."

Air [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
Asia [41]
Source: NPR [42], 11/16/2021
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Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level [43]

A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial [44] on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Justice [6]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
  • Read more about Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level [43]

"U.S. Court Voids Emissions Rules For Heavy-Duty Truck Trailers" [46]

"A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy-duty truck trailers, ruling two government agencies had exceeded their authority."

Air [3]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Reuters [48], 11/15/2021
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November 22, 2021

Virtual Event: How Journalists Can Report on Toxic Hot Spots [44]

Join ProPublica reporters for an in-depth tutorial on how to investigate toxic air pollution in your neighborhood by using ProPublica's first-of-its-kind air toxics map and data, followed by a half hour Q&A. 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. Co-sponsored by SEJ.

Workshops and Fellowships [49]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Journalism & Media [20]
Technology [50]

Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits Will Get Expanded Health Care: White House [51]

"The Biden administration on Veterans Day announced a series of new support options for veterans who had been exposed to 'contaminants and environmental hazards,' such as burn pits, while serving."

Air [3]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Military [52]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: CNN [53], 11/12/2021
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"U.S. Firefighters On Climate Frontline Face 'Broken' Health System" [54]

"Chris Carneal spent much of his working life fighting fires for the U.S. government, so when he was diagnosed with cancer he turned to a federal workplace compensation program for help to foot the bill."

Air [3]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [5]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [57], 11/11/2021
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