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Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [1]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

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Features [2]
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Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [20]
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Public [21]
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As Threat of Coal-Ash Pollution Grows, Data May Diminish [22]

Coal ash can contaminate surface and ground water with toxic heavy metals. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, Trump deregulation aims to loosen EPA rules on its disposal. That may mean a big local pollution story. If journalists can find the data, that is. The latest on the new rules, plus resources for coverage.

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TipSheet [23]
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Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
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Public [21]
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Climate Change: Almost All Sea Turtles Born In Florida Are Female [27]

"For more than a dozen years, the vast majority of sea turtles born on Florida beaches have been female, says Jeanette Wyneken, a biological sciences professor at Florida Atlantic University."

Climate Change [6]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [28]
Public [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: USA TODAY [30], 03/13/2018
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Tribe: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can't Detect All Spills [31]

"The Standing Rock Tribe argues in a report that thousands of barrels of oil a day could leak into the Missouri River and not be detected by the company's equipment."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Pollution [16]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Source: InsideClimate News [34], 03/13/2018
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April 13, 2018

DEADLINE: IJNR's Upper Mississippi River Institute [35]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid exploration of the upper reaches of the Mississippi River basin, Jun 16-23, 2018. Take a deep dive into agriculture, water quality and the implications of the next Farm Bill. Apply by Apr 13.

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Agriculture [37]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [17]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]

Michigan: "DEQ Ignored Crucial Warning On Wolverine Dump Plume" [39]

"BELMONT, MI -- Mark Worrall knew where to look. Worrall, a state geologist, told his superiors at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in April 2017 that drinking water in homes southeast of Wolverine World Wide's now-infamous House Street sludge dump should be tested for toxic chemicals."

Environmental Health [7]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Grand Rapids Press [40], 03/12/2018
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"Trump's Infrastructure Push Hits Wall In Congress" [41]

"Less than a month after its release, President Trump's infrastructure plan appears to have crashed and burned in Congress."

Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Transportation [43]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [44], 03/12/2018
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"Straight Pipes Foul Kentucky’s Long Quest to Clean Its Soiled Waters" [45]

"HARLAN COUNTY, KY — In the mountains of eastern Kentucky a creek is often steps away from the front porch or back door. Here in Loyall, several dozen homes rim a bend close to the Cumberland River. Amid the brambles on the bank at least one white PVC pipe, a couple inches in diameter, pokes out of the ground and points toward the water."

Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Circle of Blue [46], 03/09/2018
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"Greens Sue Trump Over Walrus Protections" [47]

"An environmental group sued the Trump administration over its decision not to institute federal protections for the Pacific walrus species."

Climate Change [6]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [28]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [48], 03/09/2018
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"Residents Voice Doubts About Lake Michigan Water For Foxconn" [49]

"Dozens of concerned residents and activists asked a Wisconsin agency on Wednesday to reject an application from the city of Racine to draw 7 million gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan for a proposed Foxconn plant."

Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Politics [8]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: AP [50], 03/09/2018
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