"Contaminants in New Jersey Soil and Water Are Toxic, Documents Reveal"
"Solvay had previously withheld information about the PFAS chemicals on the grounds that it was “confidential business information.”"
Source: The Intercept, 12/02/2020
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Reporter, Wearing Two Hats, Journeys Into Filmmaking
For Boston Globe environment reporter David Abel, a side project shooting video of the 2013 Boston Marathon sealed his passion for nonfiction filmmaking, one that has since yielded four high-profile nature documentaries. In EJ InSight, Abel traces that path and details how he balances his environment reporting and filmmaking. Plus, view images from Abel’s documentary work.
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"At Sea and in Court, the Fight to Save Right Whales Intensifies"
"As numbers of North Atlantic right whales keep declining because of entanglements with fishing gear and fatal ship strikes, conservationists are using acoustic technology and waging an escalating legal battle to push for more aggressive action to protect the world’s rarest cetacean."
Source: YaleE360, 11/20/2020
For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs
The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.
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SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage
With this issue, SEJournal launches its newest column — FEJ StoryLog. The bimonthly feature will bring you the lessons of journalists who have been able to pursue their public service reporting work through the largesse of the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Column editor Carolyn Whetzel tells the story of the grant program and its successes. And watch in coming weeks for our first grantee StoryLog, from reporter Christine Woodside.
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"Young Whales Looking To Dine Flock To Waters Off NYC"
"If you’re young and hungry, the place to go is New York City — even if you weigh 25 tons and have a blowhole."
Source: AP, 10/08/2020
After 3 Years Of Scrutiny, Fate Of Belfast Fish Farm Could Face Judge
"Mainers casually following the nearly three-year-long effort to construct a $500 million land-based salmon facility in Belfast might be wondering what’s taken so long."
Source: Bangor Daily News, 10/05/2020
CT Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Environmental Justice Measure
"Lawmakers in the special session passed a bill that would revise the state’s environmental justice regulations, and require facilities that impact the environment to improve communication with the public and provide services or funding that would mitigate any environmental effects on the surrounding community."
Source: Connecticut Examiner, 10/05/2020
"New Jersey Law Seeks To Stem Pollution In Minority Areas"
"NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities."
Source: AP, 09/21/2020
States, Groups Sue EPA, Claiming Failure To Enforce Bay Cleanup Plan
"The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, claiming the agency failed to enforce bay cleanup goals for New York and Pennsylvania."
Source: Capital Gazette, 09/11/2020
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