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Reporting on Turkey, Trauma-Free [1]

Turkeys are a favorite American food, but also a multi-billion-dollar industry with myriad environment and food safety issues, not to mention confusing consumer labelling. With Thanksgiving approaching, this week's TipSheet helps reporters carve out a bird beat, serving up story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Food [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
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"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [12]

A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [14]
Food [5]
Waste [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Europe [15]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
  • Read more about "Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [12]

"Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill" [16]

"Senate Democrats from New Hampshire have sent a letter to the regional Environmental Protection Agency office raising questions about its determination that a controversial landfill did not pose an 'unacceptable human health risk.'"

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: AP [22], 10/23/2017
  • Read more about "Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill" [16]

"EPA Orders Cleanup At Texas Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey" [23]

"The Trump administration has handed a rare victory to environmentalists, ordering two big corporations this week to pay $115 million to clean up a Texas toxic waste site that may have spread dangerous levels of pollution during flooding from Hurricane Harvey."

Disasters [24]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: AP [26], 10/13/2017
  • Read more about "EPA Orders Cleanup At Texas Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey" [23]

"Coal Ash Dam Failures Would Impact Hundreds, Maps Show" [27]

"Raleigh, N.C. — Maps released by Duke Energy late last week reveal for the first time that nearly 300 individual structures – homes, businesses and town infrastructure – could be in danger of flooding as a result of dam failures at the energy firm's coal ash pits scattered across the state."

Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: WRAL [31], 10/11/2017
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Park Service Showed That Its Bottled Water Ban Worked — Then Lifted It [32]

"Long before the Trump administration rescinded a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in select national parks, the Interior Department was aware of a report from the National Park Service that the program worked."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [34], 09/28/2017
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"How Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic" [35]

"Fraud. Bribery. Incompetence. The military’s use of contractors adds to a legacy of environmental damage."

Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [36]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [37], 09/27/2017
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EPA Spending Almost $25,000 To Install A Secure Phone Booth For Pruitt [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [39]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [40], 09/27/2017
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Park Service Report: Obama Water Bottle Ban Had ‘Significant’ Benefits [41]

"An internal National Park Service (NPS) staff report concluded that an Obama administration effort to ban sales of bottled water at some parks had 'significant environmental benefits.'"

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [33]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [42], 09/26/2017
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CO Landfills Illegally Burying Low-Level Radwaste From Oil, Gas Industry [43]

"Colorado landfills have been illegally burying low-level radioactive waste from the oil and gas industry that they are not approved to handle, state health officials revealed this week."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Denver Post [45], 09/25/2017
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