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"EPA Finalizes Rule To Regulate Cancer-Linked Chemical" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday finalized a rule to control leaks of a type of pollution from industrial equipment, though critics argued the agency did not go far enough."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 06/02/2020
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Using Data Sources To Track Climate-Driven Mayhem at Superfund Sites [10]

Hazardous waste and floodwaters don’t typically mix well together. So when a Michigan dam recently burst, and flooded not just the local community, but also threatened a nearby Superfund site, it prompted Reporter’s Toolbox to look at how environmental journalists could track similar threats in their areas, especially as climate change raises the risks of similar disasters.

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Reporters Toolbox [11]
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Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
International [22]
Europe [23]
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Public [7]
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How Explanatory Reporting Can Define a Challenged Landscape [24]

To cover the wide range of challenges affecting his Mountain State, a small market beat reporter won plaudits first by becoming a close student of the issues and then boiling them down to the basics for his audience. Inside Story’s Q&A explores the resulting award-winning journalism on topics like water law and public lands, groundwater pollution and protected species.

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Inside Story [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Studies [26]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Maryland AG Sues Closed Paper Mill for Polluting Potomac River [30]

"Though shuttered for a year, a Western Maryland paper mill’s byproducts continue to pollute the Potomac River, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh charged in a federal lawsuit."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Baltimore Sun [32], 06/01/2020
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Animal Feedlots Likely Threat To Drinking Water In Minnesota: Report [33]

"Millions of tons of manure from Minnesota’s animal feedlots is a risk to consumer health as it threatens to raise nitrate and phosphorus levels in the state’s rivers, lakes and drinking water, a study has found."

Agriculture [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Guardian [35], 05/29/2020
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"B.C. Swamped With Funding Applications To Restore Oil And Gas Wells" [36]

"More than 1,100 applications deluged a B.C. program creating a funding plan to restore dormant and inactive oil and gas wells within hours of the program’s launch."

Energy & Fuel [37]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Canada [38]
Source: Canadian Press [39], 05/27/2020
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"Pipelines: Trail Of Spills Haunts Dakota Access Developer" [40]

"Federal pipeline inspectors didn't like what they found when they looked at construction of the Permian Express pipeline."

Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Energywire [41], 05/27/2020
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"As Fishermen Flounder, Trump Clears A Path For Farming The Oceans" [42]

"Struggling commercial fishers and environmentalists say the White House is exploiting COVID-19 to privatize the ocean."

Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [44], 05/26/2020
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"Coal Company Sues EPA Over Power Plant Pollution Regulation" [45]

"A coal company has challenged an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power plant pollution regulation in court after the agency recently finalized changes that weaken the standards' legal underpinnings."

Air [46]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [48], 05/26/2020
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While No One Was Watching — Changing Enviro Regs Under Trump [49]

Regulations that sprang from cornerstone environmental laws in place for decades are now under attack by the Trump administration, per legal experts in a recent webinar co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Get key takeaways and resources from the event from SEJ’s Dale Willman. Plus, watch the full webinar video.

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Activism [51]
Air [46]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [27]
Policy [52]
Pollution [6]
Science [53]
Transportation [54]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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