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"Historic Floods Fuel Misery, Rage In Detroit" [1]

"Terrie Henderson woke June 26 to find her car floating into the street as a historic storm battered her home in the Marina District neighborhood along the Detroit River."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 07/28/2021
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"Can Retrofitting Dams for Hydro Provide a Green Energy Boost?" [8]

"With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified to produce hydropower. These projects, advocates say, avoid the damaging impacts of new dams and could generate enough renewable electricity for several million homes."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: YaleE360 [14], 07/28/2021
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"Elephant Island: An Oasis for Fin Whales in an Icy Sea" [15]

"A hydrophone reveals a vital Antarctic feeding and breeding ground for the world’s second-largest whale."

Biodiversity [16]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Wildlife [17]
Public [5]
International [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [19]
Source: Hakai [20], 07/27/2021
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"As Drought Cuts Hay Crop, Cattle Ranchers Face Culling Herds" [21]

"As the drought worsens across the West and ushers in an early fire season, cattle ranchers are among those feeling the pain. Their hay yields are down, leading some to make the hard decision to sell off animals."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [23], 07/27/2021
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"Warming Rivers In US West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry" [24]

"Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [25], 07/27/2021
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"Biden Admin To Curb Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants With New Rule" [26]

"The move would reverse a major Trump administration rollback of pollution rules. But many coal plants will be allowed to send toxic wastewater into rivers and streams while the agency writes the new regulations."

Chemicals [27]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [31], 07/27/2021
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Beach Closures Offer Key to Bigger Water Pollution Stories [32]

People all too often swim in waters whose pollution risks are far scarier — and far more real — than shark attacks. Yet little attention is paid to the environmental stories behind the beach closures such pollution can necessitate. TipSheet helps you dip your toe, with the backstory on the most common cause for these health risks, plus reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [22]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [28]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Health [35]
Infrastructure [11]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
California [37]
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Public [5]
  • Read more about Beach Closures Offer Key to Bigger Water Pollution Stories [32]

Heritage Committee Won't Place Great Barrier Reef On ‘In Danger’ List [38]

"The Great Barrier Reef will not be placed on a list of world heritage sites “in danger” after a global lobbying effort from Australia against the proposed listing."

Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [39]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [40], 07/26/2021
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"US Fishermen Sound Alarm At Plans For Offshore Wind" [41]

"Fishermen say their concerns, from safety issues to how offshore wind will alter the ocean environment, aren’t being meaningfully considered by regulators".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [39]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [42], 07/26/2021
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Calif. To Cut Off Water To 1000s Of Farmers, As Drought Dries Up Rivers [43]

"Forced to reckon with a worsening drought, California’s water regulators are preparing to forbid thousands of farmers from tapping into the state’s major rivers and streams."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [37]
Source: Sacramento Bee [44], 07/26/2021
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