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Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award [1]

An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism.

Can States Divvy Up the Shrinking Colorado River Water Supply? [2]

The vast Colorado River, recently in the news over a troubled drought deal, is at the heart of numerous environmental problems in the American West, where water is scarce and the legal complexities of water rights voluminous. The latest Issue Backgrounder offers an explainer on the story, which involves at least seven states, the federal government, Native American tribes, a hornet’s nest of irrigation districts and even Mexico.

New Coal Ash Data Help Pinpoint Local Pollution Stories [3]

Hundreds of coal ash ponds and landfills around the United States pollute drinking water supplies, and now a newly released report helps localize the problem for environmental reporters. This week’s TipSheet explores the new data source, provides the back story on coal ash regulation (or lack thereof) and the potential health risks, while offering numerous questions to ask and resources to track down.

"Butterflies Were Symbols Of Rebirth. Then They Started Disappearing." [4]

"A long time ago, as glaciers retreated from North America, some arctic butterflies stayed behind. The Earth was warming and so they fluttered up mountain slopes, to where it was still cold. As the climate continued to change, the arctic butterflies continued to climb, toward the summits — and then, where?"

Source: Washington Post [5], 03/12/2019

Senators Ask U.S. Border Agency About Reported Tracking Of Journalists [6]

"Two senior U.S. senators asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday to provide information on a report that the agency inappropriately tracked seven American journalists covering the migrant caravan from Central America last year."

Source: Reuters [7], 03/12/2019

"Eight Years On, Water Woes Threaten Fukushima Cleanup" [8]

"OKUMA, Japan - Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, a fresh obstacle threatens to undermine the massive clean-up: one million tons of contaminated water must be stored, possibly for years, at the power plant."

Source: Reuters [9], 03/12/2019

"U.S. Minorities Consume Less But Suffer More From Pollution: Study" [10]

"U.S. air pollution is disproportionately caused by white consumers, while African-Americans and Hispanics are burdened most by the emissions, a peer-reviewed study showed on Monday."

Source: Reuters [11], 03/12/2019

"Trump Budget Seeks Cuts In Science Funding" [12]

"President Trump’s third budget request, released Monday, again seeks cuts to a number of scientific and medical research enterprises, including a 13 percent cut to the National Science Foundation, a 12 percent cut at the National Institutes of Health and the termination of an Energy Department program that funds speculative technologies deemed too risky for private investors."

Source: Washington Post [13], 03/12/2019

Docs: Monsanto Recruited Scientists To Fight Glyphosate Cancer Stigma [14]

"Canadian firm hired to recruit scientists to publish studies that ultimately defended Roundup's key ingredient".

Source: CBC News [15], 03/12/2019

"Congress Strikes Back at Interior Department’s Bad FOIA Regs" [16]

"Representative Elijah Cummings, D-Md, and Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, recently sent a stern letter to the Interior Department reprimanding the agency for its efforts to weaken its FOIA regulations and urging it to reconsider the rule change."

Source: Unredacted [17], 03/12/2019

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