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Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News [1]

​What will a divided Congress mean for environment and energy issues? This week’s TipSheet explores the question by looking at the Democrats who will now lead key House committees once the new Congress is seated next year. Take a lightning tour of a half-dozen top panels, their anticipated leadership and the issues they tackle, including drinking water safety, environmental justice and climate change, infrastructure, science policy, natural resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Forests [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Technology [18]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [23]
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"U.S. Plans New Limits On Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions" [24]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce plans to propose new rules to significantly decrease emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide from diesel-powered heavy-duty trucks, an agency official said."

Air [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [25], 11/13/2018
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"Trump Car Standards Rollback Knocked for Faulty Analysis" [26]

"Flaws in Trump administration modeling inflate the benefits of freezing federal fuel economy standards by hundreds of billions of dollars, some automakers, economists, former EPA staff, and environmental groups say."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 11/05/2018
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"U.N. Shipping Agency Pushes Ahead With Tougher Marine Fuel Rules" [29]

"The United Nations shipping agency pushed back this week on any phased entry for tougher marine fuel rules and further tightened regulations that will come into force in 2020."

Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/29/2018
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"Trump Administration Wants Phase-In Of U.N. Rules On Maritime Fuel" [32]

"The Trump administration wants pollution limits on ship fuels that a United Nations maritime agency will implement in 2020 to be phased in to protect consumers from any price spikes in heating and trucking fuels, a White House spokesman said on Friday."

Air [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [33], 10/22/2018
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Breaking the ‘Cycle’ on Chemical Safety Story [34]

Chemical plant explosions make for fiery headlines, but then the reporting tends to flame out. The latest Backgrounder spells out why environmental journalists should stay vigilant on chemical safety coverage, with news hooks and ingredients for a potent mix of advance stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [40]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Visibility: 
Public [23]
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EPA Inaction Leaves Smog an Endless Summer Story [42]

It’s summer smog season, with all its unpleasant environmental and health impacts. But if you’re reporting on this perpetual problem, you may not be able to rely on the EPA to help you figure out where it is worst. This week’s TipSheet explains, then helps get you started on your own smog coverage.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
California [43]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Visibility: 
Public [23]
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Farmers Markets Offer Baskets of Fresh Story Ideas [47]

Nearby farmers market may offer reporters a bounty of environmental stories, with angles on organic foods, locavore movements and more. This week’s TipSheet outlines ideas, provides resources and encourages you to go pay a visit to speak with vendors and customers … and perhaps even taste some free wares.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Food [49]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [12]
Transportation [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [23]
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"Taming the Mighty Mississippi" [50]

"A picaresque tour of infrastructure reveals a struggle for control all along America’s great river, full of questions about what it once was, doubts about what it will become and who will pay for any of it."

Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [51], 03/15/2018
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Pruitt Says ‘California Is Not The Arbiter’ Of U.S. Emissions Standards [52]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday that EPA is not planning to set stricter fuel economy standards beyond 2025 and questioned whether states such as California should be able to enact their own tougher emissions rules for cars and light trucks."

Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [53], 03/14/2018
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