Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
Some U.S. schools are using federal relief funds to improve indoor air quality amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re covering the issue, it’s important to know what the research says about how air quality can affect student health and achievement.
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Federal rules no longer require community water systems to tell the public about certain bacterial water contamination discovered during routine testing. But new research finds that prompt notification leads people to buy safe, bottled water — and avoid illness.
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A study based on survey of Flint, Michigan, residents finds 1 in 5 Flint residents met the criteria for depression, 1 in 4 for PTSD and 1 in 10 for both depression and PTSD, estimates that exceed regional, national and global averages.
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The medical system is responsible for a surprisingly large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, and the toll is especially heavy in the U.S. We look at how governments are responding and what research reveals — and offer some timely story ideas for journalists.
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The seventh annual report finds climate change is increasingly undermining every pillar of good health and compounding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflicts. While mitigation efforts remain inadequate, the report does offer some hope.
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Long touted as a way to curb carbon emissions, electric vehicles are still a long way from dominating personal transportation in the U.S. Recent research highlighted here explores challenges ahead for the electric vehicle market.
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An experiment finds small changes in framing and word choice can elicit significant changes in how science skeptics engage with news coverage of climate change.
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In analyzing data from the 1970s through the 2010s, the authors of a recent paper explore how abandonment and displacement following a tornado can heighten racial segregation.
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Their 18-month investigation also reveals why regulators failed to correct the problem and its impact on workers and the surrounding community.
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In an interview, ProPublica reporter Lylla Younes talks about how she and her colleagues created a map of toxic air pollution hot spots using EPA data, how the team found human stories and advice she has for journalists.
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