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Old Apple Orchard To Make Clean Hydrogen Energy in Washington State [1]

"Billions of dollars are being invested globally in clean hydrogen development. But massive amounts of electricity would be required to make the clean-burning fuel, extracted from water, a building block of the 21st century low-carbon economy."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: Inside Climate News [6], 04/16/2021
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"Infrastructure Plan Lifts Tribes’ Hope of Turning on Water Taps" [7]

"Navajo Nation resident Percy Deal hopes that federal coronavirus relief, coupled with $2.3 trillion for infrastructure in the American Jobs Plan, will give him something his grandparents and even his parents didn’t have—running water in his home."

Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 04/16/2021
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April 28, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshops – Big Changes on the Great Lakes [14]

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for four half-day virtual workshops, May 13, May 20, June 3 and June 10, to explore current conditions and future projections in the Great Lakes and what those changes mean for both current and future residents. Deadline: Apr 28.

Workshops and Fellowships [15]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [3]

"Epic Drought Means Water Crisis On Oregon-California Border" [18]

"Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal regulators attempt to balance the needs of agriculture against federally threatened and endangered fish species that are central to the heritage of several tribes."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: AP [23], 04/15/2021
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Delaware Poultry Plant Settles Suit Over Groundwater Contamination [24]

"Residents in Millsboro, Del., sued the local Mountaire facility, which they suspect is linked to their cancers and other serious health problems".

Agriculture [19]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 04/14/2021
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"Florida To Close Wastewater Reservoir With Leak History" [28]

"Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into Tampa Bay while threatening to burst open and flood nearby homes and businesses, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: AP [32], 04/14/2021
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Flexibility in the Face of the Unexpected [33]

When a Chicago-based freelancer was just about to hit the road to report a three-part story and TV segment on the potential impacts of two proposed copper mines in the Great Lakes basin, there was a little hitch: The COVID-19 pandemic hit. The new FEJ StoryLog has the story of how Lorraine Boissoneault found the flexibility to complete her grant-supported project.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"Drought and Abundance in the Mesopotamian Marshes" [37]

"Once vengefully drained by Saddam Hussein, the wetlands in southeastern Iraq have since been partially restored. Now the region and its isolated settlements face a new set of challenges."

"On my most recent visit to the Mesopotamian marshes, in March, I arrived at Sayeed Hitham’s for breakfast. The pandemic had kept me away for more than a year.

The sun was just rising, the sky pink and golden. Hana, Hitham’s wife, stood smiling near the door to their reed house. “Tea is ready, bread is ready,” she said. “Come on in.”

Agriculture [19]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [35]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Middle East [39]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/13/2021
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2.3 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels Of Strontium In Drinking Water [41]

"About 2.3 million Americans are exposed to high natural strontium levels in their drinking water, a metal that can harm bone health in children, according to a United States Geological Survey study."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EHN [42], 04/13/2021
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Japan Says It Plans To Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea [43]

"Japan plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station, the government said on Tuesday, a decision that is likely to anger neighbours such as South Korea."

Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Asia [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 04/13/2021
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