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Is Climate Data at Risk From Natural Disasters? [1]

When Hurricane Helene ravaged a swath of the Southeast in September, leaving at least 230 people dead, it also temporarily took out a critical repository of climate data in Asheville, North Carolina. That got Reporter’s Toolbox thinking about the risks to some of the nation’s other important storehouses of environmental information, whether from extreme weather, hackers or politics. Here’s a shortlist.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Government [7]
Science [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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"How Farms Are Fighting A Pesky Almond Moth Without Pesticides" [13]

"Every year, navel orangeworms eat through roughly 2% of California’s almonds before they can make it to grocery store shelves. With climate change threatening to make the situation worse, researchers are hoping to sterilize millions of moths a day with radiation and drop them from airplanes."

Agriculture [14]
Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 10/11/2024
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Wisconsin Estimates Around 40 Percent Of Private Wells Contain Pesticides [24]

"The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected aren’t regulated in groundwater by the state or federal governments."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Infrastructure [25]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [28], 10/11/2024
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‘Emperor Is Wearing No Clothes’: Study Finds ‘Green’ Hydrogen Too Pricey [29]

"Green hydrogen will likely remain “prohibitively expensive” for most industries, despite global efforts to boost the fuel as a climate solution, according to a new study."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [32], 10/11/2024
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In Florida Senate Race, Two Candidates' Contrasting Views on the Climate [33]

"Incumbent Rick Scott, a Republican, reportedly banned the words “climate change” from state agencies as governor. Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell favors climate-resilient infrastructure."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 10/11/2024
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"The Disappearance of the Monarch King — Part 1" [35]

"Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace."

Activism [36]
Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [40]
Wildlife [21]
Public [12]
Mexico [41]
Source: Outside [42], 10/11/2024
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Polluted Waste From Florida’s Fertilizer Industry Vulnerable To Milton [43]

"As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [17]
Natural Resources [39]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: AP [44], 10/11/2024
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"Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals Into the Arctic" [45]

"New research shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic."

Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Natural Resources [39]
Pollution [19]
Wildlife [21]
Public [12]
International [46]
Antarctica & Arctic [47]
Source: Hakai [48], 10/11/2024
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"An Oil Giant Railroads Its SCOTUS Connection To Gut Environmental Law" [49]

"A fossil fuel giant with deep ties to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, along with other powerful pro-business groups, are explicitly pressuring Gorsuch and his fellow justices to rule in favor of oil and gas interests in an upcoming Supreme Court case."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [50]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Source: Lever News [51], 10/11/2024
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"Johnson Slams Door On Congress Returning For Disaster Aid" [52]

"Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House Republican leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: E&E News [53], 10/11/2024
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