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"Report: Some Chemicals In S.F. Bay Near Levels of Concern" [1]

"Pesticides, flame retardants and other chemicals used in homes and businesses have been found in San Francisco Bay at levels that could pose hazards to aquatic life if they go unchecked, according to a new report."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [8], 10/29/2013
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"EPA Study Could Be Used To Expand Reach of Law Over Waters" [9]

"Federal regulators may be able to assert Clean Water Act jurisdiction over more waters and wetlands than are now protected on the basis of a draft scientific study that links all streams and certain wetlands with larger, downstream navigable waters, attorneys and policy analysts say."

Water & Oceans [5]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg BNA [13], 10/28/2013
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"Is Rebuilding Storm-Struck Coastlines Worth The Cost?" [14]

"One year ago Tuesday, Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, devastating shoreline communities from Florida to Maine."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [17], 10/28/2013
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"To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills" [18]

"OFF THE COAST OF FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Twelve miles out to sea from the severely damaged and leaking nuclear reactors at Fukushima, a giant floating wind turbine signals the start of Japan’s most ambitious bet yet on clean energy."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Asia [20]
Source: NY Times [21], 10/25/2013
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"Despite Efforts, The Rio Grande Is One Dirty Border" [22]

"There's one easy way to find out how bad the water quality is in the Rio Grande: get into a kayak."

Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Mexico [24]
Source: NPR [25], 10/25/2013
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"NOAA Takes Steller Sea Lions off Threatened List" [26]

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska --  The eastern population of the Steller sea lion will be taken off the threatened species list, a federal agency announced Wednesday."

Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [27], 10/24/2013
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"Tea Party Republicans, Obama Back Waterway Projects Bill" [28]

"The U.S. House voted to authorize commercial navigation, flood control and environmental restoration projects, work that could cost taxpayers as much as $8.2 billion over the next decade."

Activism [29]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [30]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [31], 10/24/2013
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Toolbox: Data Resources for Dams, Impoundments, and Levees [32]

A key set of tools for reporters probing dam issues at any level, local to national, are the available databases on various kinds of dams, levees, and impoundments. The WatchDog in this issue presents a special "Reporters' Toolbox" on these data sets. We hope at least to help reporters find and access them.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Disasters [16]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Dams and Levees: What You Don't Know Might Kill You [35]

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are at risk from potential dam disasters, yet state and federal agencies hold to a policy that amounts to "out of sight, out of mind." The biggest danger, apparently, is that the public might find out about the dangers, and criticize insufficient dam safety measures, inconvenience private dam owners, depress real estate values, or demand public spending that is politically painful for those in office.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [5]
Planning & Growth [36]
People & Population [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Disasters [16]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Dams and Levees: Introduction [38]

This special issue of the WatchDog focuses on the transparency of safety information related to dams, levees, impoundments, and related water-control structures. For environmental journalists, these subjects offer a goldmine of great story possibilities. These are stories that have not been covered much in the past decade, and stories that fit well at the local, state, or regional level.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [5]
Planning & Growth [36]
People & Population [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Disasters [16]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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