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"Our Last, Best Chance to Save Atlantic Salmon" [1]

"Atlantic salmon are perilously close to extinction in the United States. Taking down a few dams could go a long way to aiding their recovery, experts say."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Revelator [6], 04/06/2021
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Replacing the Nation’s Lead Lines Begins With Locating Them [7]

One especially ambitious element of the Biden infrastructure plan would swap out millions of lead pipes. It’s a massive, costly endeavor, but could remove from the country’s water supply a neurotoxin that harms human health, especially of kids and the poor. TipSheet looks at the new plan and offers ideas for reporting the story in your area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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How a Lauded Reporter’s ‘Open Mind’ Led Story in a Surprising Direction [18]

An investigation into lead poisoning treatment policies prompted some very unexpected conclusions for one long-time investigative journalist, whose deeply reported and surprising projects won plaudits from judges for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual awards. Find out how Charles Schmidt turned an aside from a source into a penetrating look at a critical public health and environmental challenge.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Produce Most Calves Since 2015" [21]

"North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered species produced no known offspring at all."

Biodiversity [22]
Water & Oceans [3]
Wildlife [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [24], 04/05/2021
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"Two New Mexico Tribal Communities Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule" [25]

"Two New Mexico Native American communities have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a revision to federal rules regarding waterways they argue violated federal responsibilities toward tribes."

Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 04/05/2021
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"Emergency, Evacuations In Florida County Over Wastewater Pond Leak" [29]

"Manatee County in Florida was under a state of emergency over the weekend and more than 300 homes were ordered evacuated over a leak at a wastewater reservoir."

Disasters [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: NPR [33], 04/05/2021
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"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held"" [34]

"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Canada [38]
Source: HEATED [39], 04/02/2021
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FEMA Unveils New Flood Insurance Calculation It Calls More Equitable [40]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday unveiled changes to the National Flood Insurance Program that it says will be aimed at being more equitable."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [41], 04/02/2021
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"Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War" [42]

"The U.S. Supreme Court won’t force Georgia to curb its water usage, a defeat for downstream Florida in the two states’ long legal war over limited resources."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 04/02/2021
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'Seaspiracy': Netflix Doc Accused Of Misrepresentation By Participants [44]

"A Netflix documentary about the impact of commercial fishing has attracted celebrity endorsements and plaudits from fans with its damning picture of the harm the industry does to ocean life. But NGOs, sustainability labels and experts quoted in Seaspiracy have accused the film-makers of making “misleading claims”, using out-of-context interviews and erroneous statistics."

Activism [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 04/01/2021
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