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"EPA Panel Tasked With Reviewing Soot Standard Lacks Key Expert" [1]

"The expert panel advising EPA on particulate pollution doesn't include a representative from the discipline responsible for most of the scientific evidence that soot is a public health hazard."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [9], 07/31/2019
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Mongolia Capital Bans Coal To Fix Its Pollution Problem. Will It Work? [10]

"Welcome to the coldest capital city on earth — Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — where the temperature can drop to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit at night. The city's population has nearly tripled since 1989. Without infrastructure to service all 1.4 million people, residents off the electric grid are burning raw coal to stay warm. The result? Winters with extreme air pollution."

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Asia [12]
Source: NPR [13], 07/30/2019
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"Car Rules: Trump Admin Failed To Consult States About Rollback — AGs" [14]

"The Trump administration failed to consult dozens of state officials about the rollback of Obama-era clean car rules, according to a new letter from 12 Democratic attorneys general."

Air [2]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News PM [16], 07/25/2019
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Bikes Make Path for Local Environment Stories [17]

When it comes to bringing environmental stories home to your audience, don’t soft-pedal the topic of bicycling. Bikes are a way in to the issue of climate, as well as health and infrastructure. The most recent TipSheet has more on why you can ride the bike beat for your local reporting

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Air [2]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [23]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [24]
Europe [25]
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Public [7]
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"U.S. Cities Might Release More Methane Than EPA Thinks" [26]

"Major U.S. cities may be leaking far more methane into the atmosphere than government estimates suggest."

Air [2]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [27], 07/23/2019
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"Bill Wehrum, an Architect of EPA Rollbacks, Faces New Ethics Inquiry" [28]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will investigate allegations that William L. Wehrum, the agency’s former air quality chief, violated ethics rules when he met with former clients from his days as a lawyer and lobbyist for the oil, gas and coal industries."

Air [2]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [30], 07/23/2019
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"EPA Hails Trump's Work On Reducing Air Pollution" [31]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pointed to a new study released Wednesday to emphasize what it characterized as the Trump administration’s achievements in decreasing air pollution."

Air [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [21]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [32], 07/19/2019
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"As Trump Touts U.S. Air Quality, EPA Data Shows Some Areas Worsening" [33]

"The number of unhealthy air days in major cities across the United States has risen sharply over the last two years, even as emissions of key pollutants continue to slip, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [34], 07/18/2019
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"Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans" [35]

"Iron particles released by industrial activities are falling into the seas in greater quantities than previously thought".

Air [2]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [15]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
International [24]
Source: ClimateWire [37], 07/17/2019
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Key Source for Local Climate Change Stories [38]

A long-standing EPA inventory of greenhouse gasses has been gussied up of late, making it easier than ever to comb the data for global warming stories in your community. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox continues its new data journalism focus with a look at this resource, and how to use the info in it smartly. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Air [2]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [40]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
  • Read more about Greenhouse Gas Inventory Key Source for Local Climate Change Stories [38]

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