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Track Wetlands Stories with National Inventory Tool [1]

As a battle brews over which U.S. waters are protected, environmental journalists can use an invaluable national database to pinpoint vulnerable wetlands. This week’s TipSheet has more on the National Wetlands Inventory, the backstory on wetlands protection, why it matters, and reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

How Corruption Waged War On An Alabama Superfund Cleanup [16]

"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In autumn of 2013, a senior executive from a powerful coal company and a lawyer from one of the state’s most influential firms hashed out a strategy for avoiding a serious — and expensive — problem."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 04/29/2019

"U.S. Opens Criminal Probe Into Ford Emissions Certification" [20]

"The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Ford Motor Co’s emissions certification process in the United States, the automaker disclosed on Friday, saying it was cooperating fully with the probe and still conducting its own internal review."

Air [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [24], 04/29/2019

EPA Proposes Weaker Standards on Chemicals Contaminating Drinking Water [25]

"After pressure from the Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency significantly weakened a proposed standard for cleaning up groundwater pollution caused by toxic chemicals that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans and that have been commonly used at military bases."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [27]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [28], 04/26/2019
September 18, 2019

Underwater Sound Sources – 2019 Webinar Series [29]

Discovery of Sound in the Sea presents a free, four-part webinar series on anthropogenic underwater sound sources. Topics include seismic sound sources, pile-driving, wind turbines, commercial vessel traffic, echosounders and sonar.

Other Events [30]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Health [31]
Pollution [12]
Technology [32]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [13]

"Oil And Gas: Trump's EPA Keeps Exemption For Drilling Waste" [33]

"EPA has decided to continue excluding oil and gas waste from federal hazardous waste rules, agreeing with industry that states are already doing the job adequately."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: EnergyWire [34], 04/24/2019

"Bad Air Days On The Rise: The Nation's Most Polluted City Is ..." [35]

"California's reign as the U.S. state with the worst air pollution continues, with Los Angeles again the nation's smoggiest metro area, according to a new report released Wednesday."

Air [21]
Climate Change [36]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: USA TODAY [37], 04/24/2019

Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [38]

The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Climate Change [36]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [40]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

"Florida Lawmakers Offer Bill To Ban Drilling Off State's Coast" [48]

"A bipartisan group of Florida legislators introduced a bill Monday that would ban offshore drilling along Florida’s coast."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: The Hill [49], 04/23/2019

Southwest Pennsylvania Kids Breathe Carcinogenic Coke Oven Emissions [50]

"Six-year-old Madelina DeLuca was diagnosed with leukemia when she was just 23 months old."

Air [21]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: EHN [52], 04/22/2019

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