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Analysis: Trump’s Response to Virus Reflects Long Disregard for Science [1]

"The president’s Covid-19 response has extended the administration’s longstanding practice of undermining scientific expertise for political purposes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [10], 04/29/2020
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"Big Plastic Asks for $1 Billion Coronavirus Bailout" [11]

"The plastic industry is asking Congress for $1 billion to bail out plastic recycling during the coronavirus crisis."

Chemicals [12]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Waste [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [17], 04/29/2020
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"Germany's Merkel Wants Green Recovery From Coronavirus Crisis" [18]

"Governments should focus on climate protection when considering fiscal stimulus packages to support an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Government [19]
Health [6]
Public [8]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 04/29/2020
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"Pandemic: Day Of Reckoning Dawns For Industrial Livestock Farms" [22]

"The coronavirus pandemic is forcing livestock farms and grocery stores to consider whether the meat industry is primed for a new way of doing business."

Agriculture [23]
Consumer [24]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [26]
Health [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [27], 04/29/2020
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Virus: "Meatpacking Workers Wonder Whether Job Is A 'Death Sentence'" [28]

"Many are criticizing the industry’s response for waiting too long to implement safety precautions and close processing plants as thousands have tested positive for coronavirus."

Agriculture [23]
Consumer [24]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [26]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Food Dive [29], 04/29/2020
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"Silence Is Golden For Whales As Lockdown Reduces Ocean Noise" [30]

"In cities, human lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic have offered some respite to the natural world, with clear skies and the return of wildlife to waterways. Now evidence of a drop in underwater noise pollution has led experts to predict the crisis may also be good news for whales and other sea mammals."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [6]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [8]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/28/2020
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Democrats Press Trump Administration Over Plan To Reopen National Parks [34]

"House Democrats are questioning the Trump administration over its plan to reopen 'as rapidly as possible' certain national parks that closed amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [36], 04/28/2020
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Ignoring COVID-19 Link, EPA Leaves Lax Soot Standard in Place [37]

As researchers are finding that soot and other forms of fine particulates in the air may actually make people more vulnerable to the coronavirus, the EPA decided earlier this month against tightening related standards under the Clean Air Act. The latest TipSheet explains why the decision matters, provides deeper context and offers story ideas and resources.

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Air [39]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [19]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [42]
Policy [43]
Pollution [44]
Science [7]
Transportation [45]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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Water Shortage Leaves Poorer Mexicans High And Dry In Coronavirus Fight [46]

"In the shade of a rust-colored hill, a dozen women gathered on a dusty road to fill buckets from a water tanker truck that pulled up to service their modest community built on a former Mexico City dump."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Health [6]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [8]
Mexico [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 04/27/2020
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"Here’s How Coronavirus Could Raise Cities’ Risk for Climate Disasters" [49]

"The economic toll of the coronavirus is forcing cities and states to redirect money away from projects that provide climate resilience, in a shift that threatens to tackle one crisis at the expense of another."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [50], 04/24/2020
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