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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [1]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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Enviros Launch 'Green Wave 2020' To Boost Competitive Dem Campaigns [13]

"Five major environmental groups will be joining together to pour resources into more than 30 House races and four Senate races to elect “environmental champions” to Congress."

Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [15], 10/02/2020
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"Florida’s ‘Gray Greens’ Are Mobilizing To Save The Environment" [16]

"Elders have long played a key role in the conservation movement. Tampa Bay seniors are using their resources and time to combat climate change together."

Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [17]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [19], 09/29/2020
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Pa. Regulator Says Sunoco Must Do More To Share Pipeline Safety Info [20]

"Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline."

Activism [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: StateImpact Pa. [25], 09/29/2020
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"Some Young Evangelicals Abandoning Trump Over Climate Change?" [26]

"While conservative Christians remain staunch supporters of the president, the climate consciousness of Generation Z could bring a political shift in the long-term."

Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: InsideClimate News [27], 09/25/2020
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"World's Youth Rallies Against Climate Change" [28]

"United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global protest since the coronavirus crisis began."

Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [12]
International [11]
Source: Reuters [29], 09/25/2020
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Pebble Exec Resigns After Being Caught On Tape Boasting Of His GOP Ties [30]

"Mining executive Tom Collier, who boasted in secretly taped conversations that he had leveraged his ties to Republican officials to advance a controversial project in Alaska, resigned Wednesday."

Activism [3]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [34], 09/24/2020
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Chase Down Environmental Ballot Measures for State-Level Stories [35]

Although the realities of the pandemic may mean fewer state and local ballot measures in the upcoming election — and the presidential contest is drawing much of the spotlight — they can still be potentially fruitful stories for reporters willing to seek them out. Here are eight top ways to track this year’s environment and energy ballot measures, from the latest Reporter’s Toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [36]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Policy [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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"Wheeler’s Environmental Justice Pledge Leaves Activists Cold" [38]

"Environmental justice leaders say they are perplexed by EPA chief Andrew Wheeler’s commitments to low-income communities of color — one of the main themes of a speech he gave in California."

Activism [3]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 09/08/2020
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Animal Rights Group Sues Feds To Stop Aquarium From Acquiring 5 Belugas [40]

"An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday in an effort to stop the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut from acquiring five new beluga whales."

Activism [3]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [42], 09/08/2020
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