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"Interior: BLM To Suffer Major Staff Losses In Move West" [1]

"The Bureau of Land Management appears poised to lose the majority of its Washington, D.C.-based staff as part of its plans to relocate out West next year, numerous sources both within and outside the bureau have told E&E News."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [9], 12/04/2019
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"Killers of Honduran Activist Get Up To 50-Year Sentences" [10]

"A Honduran court sentenced seven people to prison terms of up to 50 years Monday for the 2016 murder of indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres."

Activism [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Central America & the Caribbean [12]
Source: AP [13], 12/04/2019
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Soiled Skies Incite ‘Choked’ Author To Pursue Air Pollution Story  [14]

The data on dirty air is devastating. But it wasn’t just the numbers that prompted freelance journalist Beth Gardiner to chase the story of worsening air pollution around the globe. It was also the impact on human lives and the intersection with politics, power and money. She explains in our latest feature story. Plus, resources for your own reporting.

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Features [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [26]
Asia [27]
Europe [28]
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Public [7]
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"Trump Lawyers Defend Pipeline’s Route Across Appalachian Trail" [29]

"The U.S. Forest Service has full authority to allow natural gas pipelines to cross the Appalachian Trail, industry lawyers and the Trump administration told the Supreme Court in a pair of Dec. 2 legal filings."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Forests [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 12/03/2019
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"Nominations: Lawmakers To Grill White House Regulations Czar" [33]

"Senate lawmakers this week will question President Trump's pick to lead the White House regulatory review office."

Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E Daily [35], 12/03/2019
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"Senate Confirms Dan Brouillette to Lead Energy Department" [36]

"The Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette, a former lobbyist for Ford Motor Company, to be President Trump’s second secretary of energy, replacing Rick Perry, who has become embroiled in the impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [37], 12/03/2019
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"Chemical Safety Board Sends Team to Investigate Texas Explosion" [38]

"A team from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is set to arrive in Texas, Dec. 2, to investigate an explosion that injured three workers."

Chemicals [17]
Disasters [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 12/03/2019
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Data Sources a Jumping-Off Point for Radon Stories [40]

If radon is the forgotten environmental health story, per our recent TipSheet [41], then at least journalists ready to report have some good resources to do it. Our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details several databases that provide invaluable info on the problem, including a new comprehensive, and mappable, database from the Centers for Disease Control.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [16]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"Paper: Old Turf Fields Raise Environmental, Health Concerns" [43]

"The hulking wall of rubber was first discovered by a borough maintenance crew. About 6,000 rolled pieces were neatly stacked about 10 feet high, covering more than an acre of private land, according to the mayor of Cleona, Pennsylvania."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Waste [44]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: York Daily Record [45], 12/02/2019
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"EPA: 'Highly Unusual' Move Puts Region 9 Chief's Office in L.A." [46]

"Despite alarms raised by EPA's watchdog office and legal staff, Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson switched a top political appointee's workplace from San Francisco to Los Angeles, moving him closer to home."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [47]
Source: Greenwire [48], 12/02/2019
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