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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [1]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Other or All [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [37]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
International [48]
Canada [49]
Mexico [50]
Africa [51]
Antarctica & Arctic [52]
Asia [53]
Australia & Oceania [54]
Central America & the Caribbean [55]
Europe [56]
Middle East [57]
South America [58]
Visibility: 
Public [59]
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"Freshwater Mussels Are Dying And No One Knows Why" [60]

"In 2016, biologists and fishermen across the country started to notice something disturbing. Freshwater mussels were dying in large numbers."

Biodiversity [6]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: NPR [61], 03/16/2020
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"To Forecast Spring Flooding, NOAA Planes Fly Slow And Low" [62]

"This time of year, pilots in small blue and white airplanes are busy gathering information about how much snow is on the ground — and more importantly, how much water that snow contains."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Studies [15]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: NPR [63], 03/16/2020
  • Read more about "To Forecast Spring Flooding, NOAA Planes Fly Slow And Low" [62]

"Recent Great Lakes Water Highs, Lows Tied to Climate Change" [64]

"Climate change is causing record high water levels in the Great Lakes basin only years after record lows, battering coastal communities and fundamentally changing aquatic ecosystems."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 03/16/2020
  • Read more about "Recent Great Lakes Water Highs, Lows Tied to Climate Change" [64]

"Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than In 1990S" [66]

"The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to date."

Climate Change [8]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
International [48]
Antarctica & Arctic [52]
Source: Guardian [67], 03/12/2020
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Trump Administration Presses Cities To Evict Homeowners from Flood Zones [68]

"The federal government is giving local officials nationwide a painful choice: Agree to use eminent domain to force people out of flood-prone homes, or forfeit a shot at federal money they need to combat climate change."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: NY Times [69], 03/11/2020
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"Exhibit A: Science Advisers' Critiques of EPA Rules" [70]

"An EPA advisory panel's sharp rebukes of the Trump administration's Clean Water Act protections and vehicle emissions standards have provided a partial blueprint for how critics could challenge the rules in court."

Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Greenwire [71], 03/09/2020
  • Read more about "Exhibit A: Science Advisers' Critiques of EPA Rules" [70]

Could Historic Dutch Methods for Mastering Water Save New Orleans? [72]

"Up close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate. Viewed from one end, where a three-story hinge links to a massive steel lattice, the Maeslant storm surge barrier resembles three crane towers toppled across one another."

Climate Change [8]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [73], 03/09/2020
  • Read more about Could Historic Dutch Methods for Mastering Water Save New Orleans? [72]

"The Original Long Islanders Fight to Save Their Land From a Rising Sea" [74]

"Shinnecock Indians are using nature-based solutions to calm the waves and restore the beaches that protect their lands."

Climate Change [8]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: NY Times [75], 03/06/2020
  • Read more about "The Original Long Islanders Fight to Save Their Land From a Rising Sea" [74]

"Senators Urge Changes To Reduce Missouri River Flooding" [76]

"Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its management of the river to reduce flooding risk."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Source: AP [77], 03/06/2020
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