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Unique Podcast Team Gives Voice to Troubled Communities Near Declining Salton Sea

In the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles, the massive Salton Sea is rapidly drying up, threatening vulnerable immigrant communities in a growing toxic environment. The Living Downstream podcast reported extensively on these hazards, winning third place in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Awards for Reporting on the Environment’s explanatory reporting, small, category, in 2022. Inside Story spoke with one of the prizewinners.

CDC Data Offer Multiplicity of Starting Points for Environmental Health Stories

For reporters seeking stories that connect environmental and health issues, there may be no better — or more wide-ranging — place to start than with high-quality data from the Centers for Disease Control’s wide range of datasets. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks into where the CDC’s data originates from and how that affects its usefulness, and offers up a helpful overview of CDC data surveys.

"Inside The Rough-And-Tumble Race To Clean Up America’s Abandoned Oil Wells"

"With a little art, a little science, and a lot of luck, the niche well-plugging industry is hoping to pick up steam."

Source: Grist, 09/29/2023

"Toxic Labor"

"A warming planet is creating a booming and loosely-regulated disaster restoration industry fueled by immigrant labor. Without protection, workers are exposed to lethal toxins making them sick long after the cleanup."

Source: Center for Public Integrity, 09/29/2023

"Inside The Complex Effort To Rid Maui Of Toxic Fire Debris And Rubble"

"One of the most complicated wildfire cleanup missions in recent memory is now underway on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where fleets of workers and equipment are being shipped to the island while officials plot how to carefully but quickly remove hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic debris."

Source: Washington Post, 09/29/2023

World’s Poorest People Won’t Be Able To Migrate To Escape Climate Disasters

"Climate change-driven heat waves, droughts, and floods will push vulnerable people into more extreme poverty, Harvard researcher says."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/29/2023

"As Waters Rise, a Community Must Decide: Do We Stay or Go?"

"Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia environmental justice community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future: Will levees and flood walls protect them, or should residents abandon their homes and move to higher ground?"

Source: YaleE360, 09/29/2023

"Despite Climate Promises, Insurance Companies Are Still Covering Coal"

"A new report finds that five major global insurers are still backing U.S. coal mines, even when they've promised not to."

Source: Grist, 09/29/2023

Swiss Glaciers Have Lost 10% Of Their Volume In The Past 2 Years: Experts

"A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter."

Source: AP, 09/29/2023

"Republicans Fight Over Who Loves Fossil Fuels The Most At Second GOP Debate"

"After dodging surprisingly pointed questions about climate change at the first debate Fox News hosted last month, the contenders hoping to take on President Joe Biden next November battled each other over who would do most to ramp up production of the fossil fuels destabilizing the planet’s weather systems."

Source: HuffPost, 09/29/2023

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