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Bernhardt Kept Lobbying After Officially Vowing to Stop, Files Show [1]

"A previously undisclosed invoice indicates that David Bernhardt, President Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, continued to lobby for a major client several months after he filed official papers saying that he had ended his lobbying activities."

Agriculture [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 04/05/2019
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Want Pesticides With That Kale? [10]

Seemingly healthy foods might not be as healthy as consumers believe. A new list tracking pesticide residue tells a different story, explains this week’s SEJournal TipSheet. Find out what iconic health food is on the “Dirty Dozen” list and which healthy standby makes the “Clean Fifteen.” Plus, the backstory, why pesticide residue matters and resources to report on the issue.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [13]
Food [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"Where EPA Saw No Data, Trout Unlimited Crunched The Numbers" [17]

"A new analysis from Trout Unlimited shows the U.S. Geological Survey underestimates the number of streams nationwide that flow only following rain."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Studies [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [19], 04/02/2019
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"U.S. Disaster Aid Won't Cover Crops Drowned By Midwest Floods" [20]

"The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of the flood damage below, where yellow corn from ruptured metal silos spilled out into the muddy water."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [23], 04/02/2019
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Apple Trees Mysteriously Dying All Across America And Nobody Knows Why [24]

"Something is killing apple trees across the American countryside, and the epidemic is reaching plague-like levels. Worst yet, scientists are completely clueless as to what is causing the mysterious pestilence."

Agriculture [2]
Disasters [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Mother Nature Network [25], 03/29/2019
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"Climate Change and the Death of the Small Farm" [26]

"The catastrophic flooding in the Midwest is forcing more farmers to consider a stark choice: quit or consolidate."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: New Republic [27], 03/29/2019
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"A Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating In Bangladesh" [28]

"Climate disruption is forcing entire communities from their homes across the globe, and perhaps no population is more imperiled than the people of Bangladesh."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [21]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [7]
Asia [31]
Source: PRI [32], 03/28/2019
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Full Appeals Court Hears Arguments on EPA Chlorpyrifos Decision [33]

"Eleven federal judges were at times puzzled, perturbed and bemused during high-stakes oral arguments yesterday involving the pesticide chlorpyrifos."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [36], 03/28/2019
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"Monsanto Ordered to Pay $80 Million in Roundup Cancer Case" [37]

"A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Monsanto to pay more than $80 million in damages to a California man whose cancer it determined was partly caused by his use of the popular weedkiller Roundup."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [38], 03/28/2019
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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [39]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [40]
Transportation [41]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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