"Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances"
"Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson deployed to Iraq and Kosovo with the Ohio National Guard, but the battle didn’t end when he returned home."
Source: The Hill, 06/14/2022
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"Western Wildfires Force Evacuations In Arizona, California"
"The northern Arizona city of Flagstaff is synonymous with mountains — lush with ponderosa pines, meadows and hiking trails that are a respite from the desert heat. Now, parts of them are burning yet again this year, fueled by winds that grounded air resources Monday."
Source: AP, 06/14/2022
"Record-Setting Heat Wave Expands East; Over 100 Million Under Alerts"
"A massive heat wave that has set scores of temperature records from Texas to California is swelling into the eastern United States. Over 100 million Americans from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes are under heat alerts through the middle of the week as temperatures soar toward the triple digits."
Source: Washington Post, 06/14/2022
Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases
As funding from the U.S. government’s massive infrastructure bill starts to get spent, big swaths of it on environmental-related concerns, Reporter’s Toolbox points to a problem for journalists covering it — there appears to be no single database to help track the money. But for intrepid reporters, various data sources are out there to help tell the story.
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Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act
In a second Issue Backgrounder looking at major environmental questions before the U.S. Supreme Court, SEJournal considers the long-standing controversy about the definition of “waters of the United States.” The Clean Water Act case, which the high court could (re)decide during its next term, would have profound environmental and economic implications. The latest Backgrounder wades into the issue.
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"Brazil Police: Items Owned By Missing Men Found In Amazon"
"Search teams found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in a remote area of Brazil’s Amazon a week ago, Federal Police said Sunday night."
Source: AP, 06/13/2022
"Virginia's Critical Wetlands Are Marching Inland"
"As sea levels rise, some of Virginia’s most valuable coastal wetlands, from the Chesapeake Bay marshes to the Great Dismal Swamp, are at risk of either being lost or migrating farther inland."
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 06/13/2022
"The Race Against Time To Breed A Wheat To Survive The Climate Crisis"
"Scientists are testing forgotten wheat varieties from across the world to find those with heat- and drought-tolerant traits".
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2022
"Rare Wetland Plant Found In Arizona Now Listed As Endangered"
"A rare plant that depends on wetlands for survival is now on the federal endangered species list, a designation that environmentalists say will boost efforts to protect the last free-flowing river in the desert Southwest."
Source: AP, 06/13/2022
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