Minn. Cops Shared Intelligence on Protest Organizers With Pipeline Company
"Documents reveal Enbridge’s close relationship with police, including offering training on responding to protests."
Source: The Intercept, 08/30/2021
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"Group’s Allegations of Destroying Records Spur EPA Investigation"
"The EPA says it will fully investigate allegations from a public interest group that it illegally destroys the original versions of its internal communications and draft documents once they’re edited, according to an agency spokesman."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/30/2021
"Trump EPA Ignored Scientists’ Warnings On Miss. Project: Docs"
"EPA senior scientists say they were shoved aside last year by Trump appointees racing to revive a massive Mississippi flood control project vetoed in 2008 by the George W. Bush administration, according to documents obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2021
#SEJSpotlight: Rachel Sarah, Author, Chicago Review Press
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"13 New Books About Pollution — and How to Fight It"
"Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society."
Source: The Revelator, 08/24/2021
Formaldehyde Causes Leukemia: EPA Assessment Suppressed Under Trump
"Although the formaldehyde assessment has grave implications for public health, Trump administration officials refused to allow the EPA to release it."
Source: The Intercept, 08/24/2021
SEJournal Fills Associate Editor Slot, Expands Feature Content
SEJournal has a new face — that of just-hired Associate Editor Frances Backhouse, a long-standing member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and a veteran freelancer and author based in Canada. Backhouse will work with the SEJournal’s staff and volunteer editor team to bring in new features from volunteer contributors with journalistic and environmental expertise to share. Meet Backhouse and find out more about her role at the weekly online magazine.
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Air Quality Monitors — and Their Data — Now Easy To Find Via Online Map
High-impact environmental stories often come by tracking polluted air, whether from summer smog, wildfire smoke or numerous other sources. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a series of air pollution data reporting resources, including an interactive map of U.S. air quality monitors. Get the details, plus eight smart suggestions for critical stories from the air pollution data you tap.
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Reporting Innovations Hold Promise for Reporting on Climate Change Amid News Deserts
Slashed news budgets and staff cuts have left many U.S. newsrooms short on time and resources for deep reporting on climate change and other complex topics. But two innovative projects at The Post and Courier in South Carolina — one enriching breaking news stories and the other fostering news outlet cooperation — aim at filling the void. Acclaimed journalist Tony Bartelme explains.
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