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Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [1]

When it comes to the wildfires that now regularly threaten life and property, it’s not just the flames that create risk. Wildfire smoke itself can cause harm, even a long way from the fire. This week’s TipSheet explains the health threats of wildfire smoke and how to monitor the risk for your own area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [10]

The EPA turns to friendly media to share its news, while limiting access to mainstream reporters. And the agency moves to “weaponize” transparency. Those stories, plus, a new way to map political influence on environmental policy, and key reports made public, in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
Air [3]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [19]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Science [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

"Green Groups Sue To Stop EPA Rule Change For Power Plant Emissions" [24]

"A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday challenging a recent administrative decision to allow certain major power plants to turn off some pollution controls."

Air [3]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [25], 03/27/2018

"EPA Deals Give Companies More Time To Pollute" [26]

"An enforcement breakthrough a decade in the making was unveiled in December: Three manufacturers of a sooty oil-based product known as carbon black had agreed to slash air pollution by thousands of tons each year. But there was a twist."

Air [3]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [28], 03/27/2018

States Threaten To Sue EPA for Delay on Landfill Methane Rule [29]

"Seven Democratic states on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration for its delay in enforcing an Obama administration rule on air pollution from landfills."

Air [3]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Waste [30]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [31], 03/26/2018

Pruitt’s Clean Air Promises Ring Hollow as EPA Eases Smog Protections [32]

"The EPA has taken at least 15 major actions on air pollution—all to delay, weaken or repeal protections, and all opposed by leading public health groups."

Air [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [33], 03/21/2018

SEJ's 28th Annual Conference Speakers [34]

Find biographies (or links thereto) of speakers for SEJ's 28th Annual Conference, October 3-7, 2018, in Flint, Michigan, as well as the sessions they're participating in.

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Air [3]
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Public [9]

"Air Pollutant Reviews Stalled; EPA Advisers Haven’t Met in Months" [35]

"Three required scientific reviews for federally regulated air pollutants are on hold due to EPA delays and Administrator Scott Pruitt’s November shake-up of the external air quality science board that advises the agency."

Air [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Pollution [22]
Science [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: BNA [36], 03/16/2018

Pruitt Says ‘California Is Not The Arbiter’ Of U.S. Emissions Standards [37]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday that EPA is not planning to set stricter fuel economy standards beyond 2025 and questioned whether states such as California should be able to enact their own tougher emissions rules for cars and light trucks."

Air [3]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [38]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [39], 03/14/2018

Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [40]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
Air [3]
Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [5]
Government [19]
Health [6]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [44]
Planning & Growth [45]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [47]
Australia & Oceania [48]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

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