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EPA Proposes Adding W Virginia Town To Superfund Cleanup Priority List [1]

"For decades, since a local company dumped untold amounts of industrial chemicals nearby, residents of Minden, W.Va., have been searching for answers."

Source: Washington Post [2], 09/12/2018

100s Gather From Around Globe For San Francisco Climate Change Summit [3]

"People from around the world gathered in San Francisco Tuesday a day before the start of the Global Climate Action Summit as the international community looks to California for solutions to climate change."

Source: KPIX [4], 09/12/2018

"Water Policy: Lawmakers Strike Deal To Boost EPA Loans, Hydropower" [5]

"A key EPA program that helps state and local governments boost drinking water quality would be extended by three years under a broad water infrastructure deal agreed to by House and Senate negotiators this week, which also takes aim at the permitting process for hydropower projects."

Source: Greenwire [6], 09/12/2018

"Interior: Zinke Yields To States On Fish And Wildlife" [7]

"Individual states will wield more clout over fish and wildlife on about 780,000 square miles of Interior Department land nationwide under a new policy outlined by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke."

Source: Greenwire [8], 09/12/2018

Category 6? Climate Change May Cause More Hurricanes To Rapidly Intensify [9]

"A new study shows that we have a lot to worry about when it comes to changing hurricanes as the planet warms."

Source: Washington Post [10], 09/12/2018

"'Monster' Hurricane Florence To Pummel U.S. Southeast For Days" [11]

"Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Carolina in six decades, howled closer to shore on Tuesday, threatening to unleash deadly pounding surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding."

Source: Reuters [12], 09/12/2018

Prize-winner Looks for ‘Stories that Surprise’ [13]

An unexpected story, a never-before-seen photo — those are ingredients for the kinds of environment and climate story ideas that won one environment reporter top honors in large market beat reporting in SEJ’s annual awards last year. A conversation with Craig Welch of National Geographic for our latest Inside Story Q&A.

Coal Ash Ruling Will Generate Piles of State-level News [14]

Now that a top court has tossed out parts of coal ash disposal rules, also in question is a planned loosening under the Trump EPA. That means potential state-level stories on how this coal combustion byproduct may threaten environmental health and water supplies. This week’s TipSheet runs down the issue and suggests resources and questions to ask.

ProPublica Wins Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting [15]

Five judges convened to select "Bombs in Our Backyard" by Abrahm Lustgarten, Lena Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones, Sisi Wei, Ashley Gilbertson, Ranjani Chakraborty and Lucas Waldron for ProPublica, as the inaugural winner of the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting.

"Nations Lock Horns As Whalers, Opponents Meet In Brazil" [16]

"Pro- and anti-whaling nations locked horns Monday as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) began meeting in Brazil amid outrage over Japan's proposal to end a three-decade moratorium on commercial whale hunting."

Source: AFP [17], 09/11/2018

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