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State of Emergency: Reporting on Solutions to Climate Change
In advance of COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow later this month, the Canadian Journalism Foundation is holding a free webcast Special Event on the importance of climate-solutions journalism, moderated by Fatima Syed, journalist at The Narwhal. 1:00 p.m. ET.
"Salmon Need Trees"
"A new study stands as a striking reminder that logging watersheds has an outsized impact on salmon and trout."
Source: Hakai, 10/21/2021
"See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather"
"This year’s largest blaze generated powerful storm clouds. We show you in 3-D."
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2021
"In Harm’s Way: Our Actions Put People And Wildlife At Risk Of Disease"
"While global attention is currently focused on COVID-19 and other zoonotic diseases that jump from animals to humans, diseases that breach the species barrier also pass from people and domestic animals to wild species."
Source: Mongabay, 10/21/2021
Wildfire Smoke Harms More People In The Eastern U.S. Than West: Study
"About 75 percent of asthma cases and deaths from smoke pollutants occurred east of the Rocky Mountains in recent years".
Source: Washington Post, 10/21/2021
People Exposed to PFAS Criticize EPA Action Plan as Too Little, Too Late
"Community advocates and environmental groups pointed out that the EPA has promised action on toxic PFAS pollution for many years."
Source: The Intercept, 10/21/2021
"Reports: Health Problems Tied To Global Warming On The Rise"
"Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday."
Source: AP, 10/21/2021
"Feds Hit Brakes — Again — On Mining Near Boundary Waters"
"President Joe Biden's administration is seeking a 20-year moratorium on mining in Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, restarting a process that started, and stopped, under previous administrations."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/21/2021
"How Chemical Companies Avoid Paying for Pollution"
"DuPont factories pumped dangerous substances into the environment. The company and its offspring have gone to great lengths to dodge responsibility."
"FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — One humid day this summer, Brian Long, a senior executive at the chemical company Chemours, took a reporter on a tour of the Fayetteville Works factory.
Mr. Long showed off the plant’s new antipollution technologies, designed to stop a chemical called GenX from pouring into the Cape Fear River, escaping into the air and seeping into the ground water.
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2021
