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Drinking Water a Little-Noticed Environmental Justice Problem [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

"The Koch Brothers Vs. God" [16]

"The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back."

Activism [3]
Energy & Fuel [17]
People & Population [9]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Grist [19], 03/15/2018

Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [20]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [22]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [25]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [27]
Australia & Oceania [28]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

Protesters Rally For And Against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline [29]

"Thousands participated in the anti-pipeline protest, another 200 staged support rally".

Activism [3]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [15]
Canada [30]
Source: CBC News [31], 03/12/2018

Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies [32]

There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

Enviros Will Sue Over Allegheny Co. Inactivity on Air Pollution Permits [39]

"The Clean Air Council has filed notice it will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless the agency forces the Allegheny County Health Department to review and issue long overdue operating permits for many of the county’s biggest industrial air pollution sources."

Activism [3]
Air [22]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [40], 03/06/2018

EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [41]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [22]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [43]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [37]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [12]
Technology [44]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
California [45]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

Pruitt Tapes: Evolution's A 'Theory,' 'Majority' Religions Under Attack [49]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed evolution as an unproven theory, lamented that “minority religions” were pushing Christianity out of “the public square” and advocated amending the Constitution to ban abortion, prohibit same-sex marriage and protect the Pledge of Allegiance and the Ten Commandments, according to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma talk radio shows from 2005."

Activism [3]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Science [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Politico [50], 03/05/2018

“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [51]

A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [52]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [53]
Air [22]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [24]
Food [54]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [55]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [26]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [44]
Transportation [56]
Waste [57]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

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