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For Coming Drought Season, Flood of Info [1]

Drought is an urgent environmental story, both as it emerges in its seasonal form and as part of larger related issues of allocation and climate change. As the drought season gets underway, this week’s TipSheet offers story angles and more than a dozen key resources for your coverage.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Disappearing ‘Climate,’ EPA FOIA Surge, Pipeline Docs Ruling and More [15]

A reporter reveals that the National Park Service is deleting references to climate change in an upcoming study of sea level rise, and FOIA requesters are behind a record surge in information lawsuits involving Pruitt EPA. That, plus Keystone XL Pipeline documents and more, in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Policy [23]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Are Fluorinated Chemicals Contaminating Your Local Drinking Water? [31]

A family of widely used fluorinated chemicals may be contaminating local drinking water supplies, causing uncertain health effects and with little clarity over federal regulations. But some states are starting to step in. This week’s TipSheet unwinds the confusion over PFAS, with some backstory and plenty of resources for your local coverage.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [35]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [38]

The estuaries that proliferate across the United States can be hard to define — and protect. But their role in a healthy environment makes them a crucial focus of good reporting. The latest Issue Backgrounder explores their importance, the many challenges they face, and how to track the agencies and programs meant to protect them.

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Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [40]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [23]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
International [29]
Mexico [47]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Tracking Troubled Waters with ‘Endangered Rivers’ List [48]

A running list of endangered rivers becomes an annual starting point for strong local coverage of critical water issues. This week’s TipSheet spotlights the latest additions to an inventory of trouble spots around the United States, plus key angles and issues for coverage, and a selection of top resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [9]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [49]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [10]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Hotting Up: How Climate Change Could Swallow Louisiana's Tabasco Island [50]

"Avery Island, a dome of salt fringed by marshes where Tabasco sauce has been made for the past 150 years, has been an outpost of stubborn consistency near the Louisiana coast. But the state is losing land to the seas at such a gallop that even its seemingly impregnable landmarks are now threatened."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Guardian [51], 03/28/2018

"Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life" [52]

"Omirserik Ibragimov fixed his gaze on the hole he had carved out from the frozen Aral Sea. The 25-year-old’s hands moved steadily, pulling out a fishing net that he and his father had left under the solid, snow-covered surface just three days earlier."

Fish & Fisheries [7]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
Asia [53]
Source: Pulitzer Center [54], 03/28/2018

"Fishermen Suit Against Atlantic Marine Monument Moves Ahead" [55]

"Organizations suing to eliminate the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean have gotten the OK to proceed with a suit designed to reopen the area to commercial fishing, which environmentalists fear could jeopardize preservation efforts."

Fish & Fisheries [7]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Source: AP [56], 03/28/2018

Drinking Water a Little-Noticed Environmental Justice Problem [57]

Health risks from unsafe drinking water afflict many, not only around the world, but in the United States too, especially the poor, ethnic minorities and those in remote rural areas. The latest Issue Backgrounder looks at this undercovered environmental justice story, and offers ideas and resources for how reporters can cover it.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [21]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [23]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

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