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"Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns" [1]

"Rich countries are sending millions of older, dirtier vehicles abroad, in a trade that’s largely unregulated, even as they mandate cleaner cars at home."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 10/26/2020

SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [9]

With this issue, SEJournal launches its newest column — FEJ StoryLog. The bimonthly feature will bring you the lessons of journalists who have been able to pursue their public service reporting work through the largesse of the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Column editor Carolyn Whetzel tells the story of the grant program and its successes. And watch in coming weeks for our first grantee StoryLog, from reporter Christine Woodside.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [15]
Pollution [4]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
International [7]
Asia [20]
Europe [21]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Conservative Court To Consider Upcoming Environment Cases [22]

Amy Coney Barrett’s swearing-in as associate justice this week brings a solidifying conservative majority to the Supreme Court. That likely means environmental issues coming before the justices will face new legal tests. The latest TipSheet explores four prominent cases coming to the high court this term that will help shed light on its evolving views on climate, water and public information.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Policy [30]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Trump Rollbacks Create Pollution Nightmare in Congressfolks' Backyards [34]

A new report from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) details the impacts of President Trump's environmental rollbacks on the districts and states of the Congress members who oversee EPA.

Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Earther [35], 10/23/2020

"Satellites Put the World’s Biggest Methane Emitters on the Map" [36]

"Now the companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gas won’t be able to hide from view."

Air [2]
Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Pollution [4]
Technology [38]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: Bloomberg [39], 10/22/2020

Greens Sue Over Study Of Deepwater Horizon Impacts On Endangered Species [40]

"Conservation groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, arguing it failed to fully consider the effects on endangered species when reviewing the environmental damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [41]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [42], 10/22/2020

MacArthur 'Genius' Brings Attention To Local Fight Against Sewage Failures [43]

"If Catherine Flowers ever received a calling to take on a career in environmental activism, it likely came in the form of mosquito bites."

Activism [44]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [45]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [46], 10/22/2020

Environmental Groups Sue DHS Over Use Of Tear Gas At Portland Protests [47]

"Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday for using tear gas at the protests in Portland, Ore."

Activism [44]
Air [2]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [45]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [48], 10/21/2020

"11 U.S. States Urge EPA To Toughen Planned Airplane Emissions Rules" [49]

"A group of 11 states and the District of Columbia on Monday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes and other aircraft."

Air [2]
Climate Change [25]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [50], 10/20/2020

Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [51]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [52]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [44]
Air [2]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Politics [27]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
People & Population [53]
Pollution [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

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