If extreme heat seems an unusual subject for December, the new EJ InSight column reminds us that among the natural disasters sweeping 2023 were waves of devastating global highs. Yet telling that story visually is an enormous...
cmacdonald - 01/03/2024 - 09:47
... Obama-era regulation of the toxic waste product coal ash, which was watered down in the face of resistance from coal and electric ...
A. Adam Glenn - 01/18/2023 - 13:09
Nature-based climate solutions have become a much-talked-of topic, one that journalist Gabriel Popkin turned into a loose beat through which to explore the complicated realities beyond some easy narratives. The resulting stories...
cmacdonald - 01/03/2024 - 09:50
Toxic waste is bad enough when it’s in one spot. But it can be even more dangerous when it is made mobile by climate-induced natural disasters. The latest TipSheet looks at just a few of the problems that can arise — or have...
cmacdonald - 11/11/2023 - 10:32
... a grant-funded biodiversity reporting project on the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest threatening ash forests, he came up with a surprising solution. In this FEJ StoryLog, ...
A. Adam Glenn - 01/31/2023 - 13:47
Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with...
cmacdonald - 10/09/2023 - 15:03
Hundreds of coal ash ponds and landfills around the United States pollute drinking water ... the new data source, provides the back story on coal ash regulation (or lack thereof) and the potential health risks, while offering ...
JazmineLOliver - 03/20/2019 - 13:14
Closure plans for more than 160 coal ash facilities crisscrossing the United States are under renewed scrutiny by ...
JazmineLOliver - 09/08/2022 - 17:26
... Now that a top court has tossed out parts of coal ash disposal rules, also in question is a planned loosening under the Trump ...
JazmineLOliver - 09/17/2018 - 07:57
After an October 2009 EPA proposal to regulate coal ash, documents show coal industry officials started meeting with OMB's Office ... soon EPA announced it was postponing proposal of the coal-ash regulation. ...
cmacdonald - 01/13/2010 - 14:57
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/capturing-invisible-photographing-extreme-heat-waves
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/coal-ash-overlooked-toxic-story-wont-go-away
[3] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/reporter-unravels-complex-dynamic-between-climate-change-and-nature
[4] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/when-extreme-weather-amplifies-hazardous-waste-threats
[5] https://www.sej.org/publications/fej-storylog/determined-grantee-weaves-together-unique-project-ash-trees-wetlands-and
[6] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/waste-incineration-may-put-toxics-local-air
[7] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/new-coal-ash-data-help-pinpoint-local-pollution-stories
[8] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-leak-problem-coal-ash-sites-could-yield-local-drinking-water-stories
[9] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/coal-ash-ruling-will-generate-piles-state-level-news
[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/will-off-record-white-house-meetings-with-coal-lobby-stifle-ash-regs
[11] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=1
[12] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=2
[13] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=3
[14] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=4
[15] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=5
[16] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=6
[17] https://www.sej.org/search/node/ash%20type%3Apublication_item?page=7