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"Mayfly Numbers Drop By Half Since 2012, Threatening Food Chain" [1]

"Mayflies, which form swarms in the billions that are visible on weather radar, are in steep decline, mirroring the plight of insects worldwide."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: National Geographic [9], 01/21/2020
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EPA Resists Squeeze, But for How Long? [10]

Despite warnings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be dismantled under the Trump administration, it remains very much alive, thanks to the realities of politics and litigation. Yet its staffing, enforcement and science advisory roles remain under the gun. In the latest of our Backgrounders for the “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment,” we read the tea leaves on the future of the EPA.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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"Thousands of Lead Pipes Tainting N.J. Water Will Be Replaced" [18]

"Trenton Water Works — a 200-year-old utility that is owned and operated by the city and serves 217,000 customers in Trenton, Hamilton, Lawrence, Ewing and Hopewell Township — plans to spend $150 million over the next five years to replace more than 36,000 lead service lines in the water system."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: Newark Star-Ledger [21], 01/20/2020
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"The $119 Billion Sea Wall That Could Defend New York … or Not" [22]

"A six-mile-long barrier would help protect the city from floodwaters during fierce storms like Sandy, but critics say rising seas make the option inadequate."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: NY Times [26], 01/20/2020
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"Trump Teases Plan To Roll Back Key Obama-Era Water Rule" [27]

"President Trump announced his administration's plan for a major rollback to an Obama-era water rule on Sunday, a move the White House believes could pay dividends with the farm vote in this year's presidential election."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [28], 01/20/2020
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Dead Birds Washing Up by the 1000s Send a Warning About Climate Change [29]

"A new study unravels the mystery of what caused so many of these normally resilient seabirds to starve amid an ocean heat wave fueled in part by global warming."

Climate Change [23]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [31], 01/17/2020
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"California Governor Restarts Giant Water Tunnel Project" [32]

"California’s governor has restarted a project to build a giant, underground tunnel that would pump billions of gallons of water from the San Joaquin Delta to the southern part of the state."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
California [33]
Source: AP [34], 01/16/2020
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Florida Plans To Buy, Protect Everglades Land Targeted For Oil Drilling [35]

"A swath of land in the Everglades at the center of a fight between a family determined to drill for oil and a constellation of parties urging them not to might finally have a new future. The state intends to buy the 20,000-acre tract outright and halt the threat of oil drilling on the protected lands near Broward County’s western suburbs, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Miami Herald [39], 01/16/2020
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"Can The EPA Enforce The Chesapeake Bay’s ‘Pollution Diet’?" [40]

"Is the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load and its cleanup deadline enforceable? The answer is complicated."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: Bay Journal [42], 01/15/2020
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"U.S. Flood Risk Model To Be Publicly Available In Boon For Homebuyers" [43]

"A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes across the United States, giving the public a look at the data institutional investors use to gauge risk."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [46], 01/14/2020
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