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How a Hurricane Whipped Up Student Energy/Poverty Project [1]

A journalism teaching project planned to cover local energy inequities. That was before Hurricane Irma swept Florida. In the end, inspired student reporters moved community leaders to action with human-centered, data-driven stories focused on solutions. Journalist and educator Cynthia Barnett shares the lessons in our latest EJ Academy column.

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Activism [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [10]
Policy [11]
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National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
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Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [15]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

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TipSheet [16]
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Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [26]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
International [30]
Canada [31]
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Public [14]

Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [32]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [33]
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Activism [3]
Air [34]
Climate Change [35]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [8]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Policy [11]
Pollution [27]
Science [37]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Public [14]

"Scott Pruitt’s Dirty Politics" [38]

"How the Environmental Protection Agency became the fossil-fuel industry’s best friend."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: New Yorker [39], 03/27/2018

Public Lands: Court Knocks Down Climate Analysis In BLM Oil, Coal Plans [40]

"Environmentalists notched an important legal win last week when a district court called on the federal government to boost its climate analysis for fossil fuel development in the West."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EnergyWire [41], 03/27/2018

"Threat From Cyber Hackers Is Growing, U.S. Grid Regulator Says" [42]

"Hackers increasingly threaten sites in the U.S. ranging from nuclear power plants to water processing systems, according to a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, adding his voice to warnings from several agencies and officials in recent weeks."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Military [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [44], 03/26/2018

EPA Decision To Pave Way For Changes In Fuel Efficiency Rules: Sources [45]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Administration plans to declare by April 1 that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules through 2025 are “not appropriate,” two officials briefed on the matter said Friday."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [46], 03/26/2018

"Politics: Judge In Climate Case Made Skeptics Disclose Their Donors" [47]

"A group of climate skeptics who weighed in on climate lawsuits in California revealed their recent funding, and court documents show their donors are a mix of fossil fuel companies and conservative think tanks."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Science [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ClimateWire [48], 03/23/2018

"Dispersants Can Turn Oil Spills Into Toxic Mist, Research Shows" [49]

"The dispersant chemicals used to clean up oil spills have the unintended effect of transforming crude oil into a toxic mist able to travel for miles and penetrate deep into human lungs, new research has found."

Chemicals [19]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [50], 03/23/2018

Perry Boasts New Cyber Office Can Handle Russian Targeting of US Grid [51]

"Energy Secretary Rick Perry told senators Tuesday a new cybersecurity office he plans to create will be sufficient to respond to Russia’s targeting of the U.S. power grid, as Democrats argued that action is not aggressive enough."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Government [8]
Military [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Examiner [52], 03/22/2018

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