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Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks [1]

“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”

Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Policy [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 06/10/2026
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Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats — and Has Determined Protectors [11]

“Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.”

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [13]
Food [14]
Health [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 06/09/2026
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Is Climate Disaster Insurance a Worsening Disaster? [18]

The growing disconnect between climate risk and risk insurance for homeowners is leaving millions on the knife-edge of economic disaster. But the latest TipSheet suggests that reality offers environmental journalists an opportunity to navigate the morass, community by community. Get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources in the latest column.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Policy [7]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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"Erin Brockovich Takes Aim At Data Center Secrecy" [28]

"Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission: bringing more transparency to data center construction and the impact those data centers have on nearby communities. Brockovich — who was famously played by Julia Roberts in a film dramatizing her legal case against Pacific Gas & Electric — recently launched a website with a map of data centers across the United States."

Activism [29]
Air [30]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [34]
Technology [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: TechCrunch [36], 06/02/2026
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House Dems Seek GAO Probe On Trump’s Disaster Declarations After Denials [37]

"A pair of House Democrats is asking a congressional watchdog to probe the Trump administration’s disaster declarations after high-profile denials of disaster aid requests."

Climate Change [13]
Conflict/Corruption [38]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [39], 06/02/2026
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"Interior Rolls Out ‘National Map’ Of Public Lands, Waters" [40]

"The Interior Department unveiled Thursday the first iteration of a new public tool for mapping federal lands and waters, rolling out a unified “national map” with boundaries used by five agencies."

Consumer [20]
Environmental Studies [41]
Forests [42]
Government [4]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Technology [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [44], 05/29/2026
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"Wildlife Crossings Included In Bipartisan Transportation Bill" [45]

"Funding for wildlife crossings has been included in a bipartisan transportation bill that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee plans to introduce to the House in the coming weeks. The BUILD America 250 Act would invest in roads, bridges and transit infrastructure across the country, as well as fund wildlife crossings through the reauthorization of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program."

Biodiversity [46]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [34]
Technology [35]
Transportation [47]
Wildlife [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: National Parks Traveler [48], 05/20/2026
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"Trump Picks A Potomac River Site For ‘Heroes’ Statue Garden" [49]

"President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to build a statue garden of “American heroes” at a park location along the Potomac River near the Tidal Basin in Washington."

Activism [29]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [50]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: E&E News [52], 05/19/2026
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Media Visibility Likely A Main Driver Of Increased Park Visitation: Study [53]

"Tourism-oriented messaging in the media is likely a main driver of increased national park visitation, according to one study"

Consumer [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [41]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: National Parks Traveler [54], 05/14/2026
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"These Blue States Aren’t Getting Fire Prevention Money From Trump" [55]

"FEMA slowed grants intended to help states such as California and Colorado prepare for and prevent wildfires, a Washington Post analysis shows."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [42]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [26]
Source: Washington Post [56], 05/11/2026
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