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'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems [1]

"Rewilding teams are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry".

Air [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Europe [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 01/24/2022
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The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad [11]

Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [12].” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [28]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [30]
International [31]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"What Canada Wants To Do With Its Decades-Old Pileup Of Nuclear Waste" [32]

"Canada plans to store spent nuclear fuel deep, deep underground near the Great Lakes. That is, if an industry group can find a community willing to play host".

Environmental Politics [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
Canada [34]
Source: The Narwhal [35], 01/20/2022
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"Elephants Dying From Eating Plastic Waste in Sri Lankan Dump" [36]

"Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend."

Biodiversity [37]
Waste [6]
Wildlife [38]
Public [7]
Asia [39]
Source: AP [40], 01/18/2022
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"Plastic Crisis Needs Binding Treaty, Report Says" [41]

"Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report."

Consumer [42]
Pollution [27]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [7]
International [31]
Source: BBC News [43], 01/18/2022
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In Orlando, A Mountain Of Coal Ash Evades EPA Rules. One of Many. [44]

"Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [27]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NPR [45], 01/13/2022
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"Jackpile Mine Toxic Legacy Continues At Laguna Pueblo" [46]

"In the village of Paguate as June Lorenzo’s grandmother knew it growing up, orchards and fields of wheat and corn carpeted nearby hillsides. Streams traversed a verdant valley where people hunted and grazed sheep near the small farming community in Laguna Pueblo. This was before a massive mine cratered the nearby land and altered the skyline. Lorenzo has looked for old photos of that landscape, but they’re hard to find. That place exists now only in stories from elders."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Natural Resources [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Pollution [27]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Indian Country Today [48], 01/04/2022
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"Walmart Faces California Suit Alleging Huge Dumps of Toxic Waste" [49]

"Walmart Inc. was sued by California for allegedly dumping hazardous waste including toxic cleaning supplies, pesticides and batteries in local landfills."

Chemicals [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
California [50]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [51], 12/21/2021
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After Decades, Some Of Most Toxic U.S. Sites Will Finally Get Cleaned Up [52]

"New funding and the revival of a long-lapsed tax on chemical makers in the bipartisan infrastructure law mean cities like Newark will get money to restore toxic Superfund sites".

Chemicals [14]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [27]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Washington Post [53], 12/20/2021
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High Rates Of Methane Spewing From Permian Oilfield Operations: Report [54]

"Methane continues to escape at a high rate from oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin, according to an aerial survey released Tuesday that detected major methane plumes from 40% of 900 sites that were measured. The latest research conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund via helicopter during the first two weeks of November found that 14% of those plumes were the result of malfunctioning flares."

Air [2]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [27]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [55]
Source: Reuters [56], 12/15/2021
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