Winners: SEJ 19th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
And the winners are...
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"Public Still Needs Details on EPA Enforcement Policy, Groups Say"
"The public deserves to know which companies have taken advantage of the EPA’s relaxed pandemic-era enforcement policy, even as the agency starts to wind down the approach, environmental lawyers told a federal court."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/02/2020
"Covid-19 Outbreaks At Meat-Processing Plants In US Being Kept Quiet"
"Testing has found positive cases at North Carolina facilities, but officials refuse to release the information".
Source: Guardian, 07/02/2020
"Federal Agency Tells Employees 'No Reference To Anything COVID Related'"
"A federal fisheries management agency has barred some of its employees from making formal references to the COVID-19 pandemic without preapproval from leadership, according to an internal agency document."
Source: NPR, 07/01/2020
Building Materials Data Can Help Construct Environmental Stories
Toxics abound in many building materials, creating indoor environmental hazards for workers and residents alike. To help report the story, Reporter’s Toolbox details a massive database of chemicals and building materials, and explains how to use it to assess their presence in buildings in your community. Plus, story ideas to get you started.
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Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response
When two towns — one an affluent suburb and the other a poor rural community — faced similar air pollution crises, lopsided government action made clear there was an underlying race and class divide. Reporter Sharon Lerner shares the story behind her award-winning reporting that tells the “Tale of Two Toxic Cities,” in our latest Inside Story Q&A.
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Florida Scientist Says She Was Fired For Not Manipulating COVID-19 Data
"NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rebekah Jones, a scientist who was fired from Florida's health department, who is now publishing a coronavirus dashboard of her own to track the state's COVID-19 cases."
Source: NPR, 06/29/2020
"New Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America"
"Across much of the United States, the flood risk is far greater than government estimates show, new calculations suggest, exposing millions of people to a hidden threat — and one that will only grow as climate change worsens."
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2020
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