"The Fierce Politics of Dust"
"A small town in southern Utah wanted to suppress dust on its roads. Not everyone was pleased."
Source: Washington Post, 12/08/2021
Pollution
"Florida To Feed Starving Manatees In Rare Conservation Move"
"Starving manatees will soon be fed by hand in Florida, a rare ... intervention to save the marine mammals whose natural food is vanishing from the effects of pollution, state officials told Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 12/08/2021
Lack Of Water, Sewer Service Brings Health Risks To Some Alaska Villages
"On a ridge rising over the Bering Strait coast lies the resting place for one community’s sewage."
Source: Arctic Today, 12/07/2021
Increase in Lake Cyanobacteria Blooms Troubles Residents, Experts
"Kirk Meloney first started going to Lake Kanasatka as a boy. He remembers the crystal-clear water in the small lake – you could see straight to the bottom, even in parts of the lake that were 12-feet deep."
Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, 12/07/2021
"Off West Africa’s Coast, A Sea Of Oil Spills Goes Unreported"
"In one of the first comprehensive studies of images captured by the Envisat satellite, researchers with French consultancy firm VisioTerra found evidence of 18,063 oil slicks in the Gulf of Guinea between 2002 and 2012."
Source: Mongabay, 12/07/2021
New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin
The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.
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When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries
As awareness grows about how pollution can cause certain cancers, it’s smart to look beyond cancer risk and also explore available information about actual cancer cases. Reporter’s Toolbox explains how extensive data collected regularly in state-level cancer “registries” can take your coverage on the pollution-public health connection to another level. Plus, avoiding pitfalls in reporting possible clusters.
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"Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’"
"Alabama’s largest utility plans to bury a heap of toxic coal waste in one of North America’s most biodiverse river systems. Experts say it will put one of the nation’s most pristine wetlands at risk."
Source: CNN, 12/06/2021
Honolulu Shuts Down Largest Well Due To Navy Oil Contamination
Honolulu's Board of Water Supply (BWS) shut down the Halawa Shaft, Oahu's largest water source, on Thursday after the Navy said it found "a likely source of the contamination," the Navy said in a virtual town hall meeting."
Source: CNN, 12/06/2021
In First, Alaska’s Arctic Waters Appear Poised for Dangerous Algal Blooms
"Climate change is bringing potentially deadly dinoflagellate blooms to the Far North, posing a new risk to food security."
Source: Hakai, 12/03/2021
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