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Beyond Fracking — Covering Injection Wells in Your State [1]

When dangerous liquid wastes are pumped into deep wells, it's the Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control program that aims to keep the practice safe. But does it work? Our weekly TipSheet looks beyond fracking to other kinds of injection wells, and shows how you can track stories on the practice in your state.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Following UN Morocco Climate Meeting from Home [10]

The Paris Agreement took effect Nov 4, followed by the start of the United Nations meeting on climate change this week in Marrakesh. Can't go in person, but still want to track the critical issues at stake? TipSheet offers a guide on how to report Marrakesh from home.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [14]
Region:
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Science [16]

In this, the second of two special SEJ TipSheets, the Advocate's Amy Wold provides you with a plethora of science-based information to cover the ongoing story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, on the eve of the five-year anniversary. Photo: Officials assess sample processing and chain of custody protocol for handling specimens associated with the oil spill. Credit: NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Money [24]

April 20, 2015, marks the fifth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. The story is far from over. If you are covering the legacy of the spill, SEJ is offering two special TipSheets by the Advocate's Amy Wold that will help you get the facts and background. Photo: Oiled endangered Ridley's turtle. Credit: Carolyn Cole/ LA Times; courtesy NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Money [24]
Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Region Energy Issues [25]

Randy Lee Loftis, environmental writer for The Dallas Morning News, covers background, environmental battles, offshore orientation, onshore infrastructure and natural gas exports in the Gulf. Photo: ConocoPhillips's Magnolia tension-leg platform, about 180 miles south of Cameron, La. Credit: NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coastal Marine Issues [26]

Here are some starting points for covering the science of how we're changing the Gulf, our semi-enclosed sea, from Randy Lee Loftis, environmental writer for The Dallas Morning News: orientation, geography and population; commerce; oil, gas and chemicals; marine life and fisheries; and the dead zone. Photo: Creolefish at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: IFE/URIIAO.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Special Edition TipSheet: Coastal Risk and Resilience in the Gulf Region [27]

From 1970 until 2010, 34.8 million more people decided to move towards the coast of the United States and that population is expected to grow just as sea-level rise and climate change continue to increase the risk of living there. Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, covers change and adaptation; locks and floodgates; levees and marshes; communities at risk; insurance issues; and lessons learned. Photo (click to enlarge [28]): In 2012, Wold took this shot of the rapidly disappearing Cat Island in Barataria Basin in south Louisiana. She returned there in 2014 to find barely any land left above water. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [17]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coast Restoration [32]

Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, writes about coastal challenges facing the state, including coastal loss, restoration, economics, diversion, the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP settlements and the RESTORE Act, fisheries impacts — and why protecting and stabilizing Louisiana’s coastline is not just a local issue, but a national one. Image: Heavy machinery moves around sediment that has been piped in from the Mississippi River at a coastal restoration project in Plaquemines Parish in November 2013. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Tipsheet for Stories in Your Own Watershed [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Toolbox: Covering Stormwater Pollution and Control [34]

Stormwater becomes a big media story during disasters such as floods and hurricane surges, and it's essential to cover the basics then. But there are dozens of related issues that can contribute to the disaster, and covering them in advance can help your audience understand ways of possibly preventing the peak crises.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [30]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Toolbox: Covering Stormwater Pollution and Control [34]

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