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"Elon Musk Donates $480,000 To Bring Clean Water To Flint Schools" [1]

"All 12 Flint, Michigan, school buildings plus the school administration headquarters will have ultraviolet water filtration systems installed thanks to a donation by tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Musk Foundation."

Source: HuffPost [2], 10/09/2018

"Zinke Extends Mining Ban Near Yellowstone" [3]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke acted Monday to ban mining in a 30,000-acre spot near Yellowstone National Park, saying it’s not an appropriate spot for mineral extraction."

Source: The Hill [4], 10/09/2018

Trump To Loosen Ethanol Rules, Aiding Anxious Farmers Before Midterms [5]

"When President Trump visits Iowa on Tuesday he will unveil a pro-ethanol perk aimed at soothing corn and soybean farmers in the heartland made anxious by his decision to impose tariffs on China, a move that kicked off a trade dispute with a major buyer of American agricultural products."

Source: NY Times [6], 10/09/2018

As Storms Keep Coming, FEMA Spends Billions in Cycle of Damage, Repair [7]

"In the exact spot where Hurricane Katrina demolished the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, a new $105 million jail now hovers 19 feet above the marsh, perched atop towering concrete pillars. Described by a state official as the “Taj Mahal” of Louisiana corrections, it has so much space that one of every 27 parish residents could bunk there."

Source: NY Times [8], 10/09/2018

"Hurricane Michael: Major Storm Bears Down on Florida Panhandle" [9]

"Hurricane Michael raced toward the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday, threatening to bring the ferocious rains and winds of a powerful tropical cyclone to the coast and hundreds of miles inland."

Source: NY Times [10], 10/09/2018

"Conservatives Stake Claim On New Supreme Court" [11]

"Conservative lawyers are mapping out the next environmental battles they want to wage before the newly constituted Supreme Court."

Source: Greenwire [12], 10/09/2018

Between the Lines: From News to Nest, Veteran Reporter Follows Seabirds' 'Improbable Quest' [13]

Pulitzer Prize finalist Derrick Jackson had written about everything from sports to politics. But then as his interest in the environment began to grow, he had a close encounter with some threatened puffin chicks that became a defining long-term project. Our latest “Between the Lines” author Q&A explores how this newsman and columnist came to co-author and photograph “Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock. [14]”

Incinerators Offer Local Journalists Some Burning Issues [15]

Incinerators — there may be fewer of them these days, but it’s likely there’s still one near you and it’s probably polluting the air. How a cheap method to make garbage go away now has become a problem of its own, one that often sparks debates over environmental justice. This week’s Tipsheet has a quick rundown on incinerator regulation, outlines key problem areas and offers resources for reporting your own local incinerator story.

"This Fungus Eats Polyurethane" [16]

"To Sehroon Khan, a scientist at the Kunming Institute of Botany in the province of Yunnan, China, exploring a new garbage dump is kind of like going to the grocery store. “You know that if you go to a vegetable market, you can find all types of vegetables easily,” Khan says. “If you go to a garbage or dumping site where there are many plastic wastes, there must be a microorganism that can degrade it.”

Source: Sierra [17], 10/08/2018

"EPA: To Topple Climate Rules, Officials Erase Air Pollutants" [18]

"The Trump administration might be weakening the case for future climate change policy by removing an important metric that lowers the cost of reducing carbon: simultaneous cuts to conventional air pollution."

Source: ClimateWire [19], 10/08/2018

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