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Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [1]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Need Climate Questions? We’ve Got Climate Questions. [18]

Climate change may have made an unexpected appearance at the raucous 2020 presidential debate last night, but it's equally important to quiz state and local candidates on the topic too. The latest TipSheet offers environment and energy journalists a list of 10 key climate change questions to ask in reporting elections in your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [19]
Policy [12]
Science [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Trump Flack Tries To Spin Key CDC Weekly Report [21]

More revelations of Trump administration duplicity on the science front, per the new WatchDog opinion column, which reports on a scoop about political appointees trying to warp weekly public health data to ensure they don’t undercut Trump’s political messaging. Oh, and Bob Woodward’s new book affirming the president knew of COVID-19’s dangers early on, but deliberately played them down.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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“The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think” [25]

Bird brains, despite the dictum, are anything but deficient. In fact, a new book by science and nature writer Jennifer Ackerman reveals how scientists, driven by rising diversity in their own ranks and by the leverage of new technologies, are gaining a dramatically new understanding of the complexities of bird behavior. BookShelf has a review of “The Bird Way.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Science [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [29]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [31]
Agriculture [32]
Air [3]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [28]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Food [36]
Forests [37]
Government [9]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [19]
Natural Resources [38]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Other or All [40]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Technology [43]
Transportation [44]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
California [48]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
International [20]
Canada [57]
Mexico [58]
Africa [59]
Antarctica & Arctic [60]
Asia [61]
Australia & Oceania [62]
Central America & the Caribbean [63]
Europe [64]
Middle East [65]
South America [66]
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Public [17]
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Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [67]

Efforts to bury pandemic data is a story environmental journalists best keep an eye on, argues the new WatchDog opinion column. That’s partly because of the connection between the novel coronavirus and climate change, air pollution and environmental justice. But also because it echoes a deepening rejection of science that’s long been part of the environment beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [23]
Government [9]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health [68]

Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [41]
Policy [12]
Science [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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While No One Was Watching — Changing Enviro Regs Under Trump [69]

Regulations that sprang from cornerstone environmental laws in place for decades are now under attack by the Trump administration, per legal experts in a recent webinar co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Get key takeaways and resources from the event from SEJ’s Dale Willman. Plus, watch the full webinar video.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [31]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [38]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Transportation [44]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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“Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution” [71]

To better grasp how COVID-19 is linked to the persistent problem of polluted air, our latest BookShelf review recommends going back to a prescient text, “Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution.” While the volume predates the pandemic, it makes painfully clear why, during this crisis, healthy air matters more than ever.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Disasters [23]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Asia [61]
Europe [64]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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No Drought of Data, As Climate Dries U.S. [72]

With drought can come fire, and with megadrought, routine reporting becomes disaster headlines. Reporter’s Toolbox gets you to the bottom of the drought data sources that help determine what’s ahead for your region, sorting through the complicated set of federal drought monitoring agencies and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [73]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Studies [28]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [38]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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