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Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [1]

U.S. forests face damage from drought, climate-driven disease and wildfire. To help track the state of our trees, Reporter’s Toolbox explores a massive set of Forest Service databases that details everything from deforestation and dead fuel status to deforestation and species mix. There’s even info on urban forests and grasslands. A closer look at the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

As Hurricane Season Looms, Biden Doubles Funding To Prepare For Extremes [12]

"Administration will also launch NASA initiative aimed at collecting better climate data"

"President Biden announced Monday that he was doubling the amount of money the U.S. government will spend helping communities get set for extreme weather events, proclaiming the need for full readiness as he visited government workers and told them to prepare for another season of natural disasters.

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [13]
Government [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [14], 05/25/2021

"Electricity: Documents Reveal Natural Gas Chaos In Texas Blackouts" [15]

"Texas' electricity leaders were deeply focused on natural gas shortages days before blackouts crippled the state in February and plunged the state's power industry into chaos, according to documents obtained by E&E News."

Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 05/21/2021

"Biden Orders U.S. Agencies To Assess, Mitigate Risks Of Climate Change" [23]

"President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change poses to individuals, businesses, the federal government and the U.S. financial system, the White House said."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [16]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [24], 05/21/2021

"White House Brings Back Climate Scientist Forced Out By Trump Admin" [25]

"The Biden administration has reinstalled the director of the federal climate program that produces the U.S. government’s definitive reports on climate change, after the Trump administration removed him in November."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [6]
Science [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [26], 05/20/2021
May 11, 2022

DEADLINE: Gumshoe Group's Public Records Payment Scheme for Freelancers [27]

If you're a freelancer with an idea for a public records-based investigative project, the Gumshoe Group is offering grants of up to $1,500 to fund the research and work of filing open-records requests for your reporting project. May also include legal support. Apply by May 11, 2022.

Awards and Grants [28]
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Webinar Offers Insight Into Complexities of Environmental Justice Reporting [29]

Long overlooked or misunderstood outside of the communities they affected, issues of environmental equity are now increasingly the focus of both government action and journalistic digging. A recent webinar from the Society of Environmental Journalists explored new developments with this many-layered challenge and offered advice on how it can be better covered. Webinar moderator and reporter Perla Trevizo has a rundown.

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Activism [31]
Diversity [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [6]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [35]
Policy [36]
Pollution [37]
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Public [11]

"Biden Advisory Group Lays Out Environmental Justice Roadmap" [38]

"President Joe Biden should take major steps to fulfill his environmental justice pledge and avoid the types of incremental initiatives that will lead to little progress, a White House advisory council said Thursday."

Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 05/14/2021

EPA Watchdog Calls For Improved Enforcement After Decade-Long Decline [40]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General identified a decline in enforcement activity within the agency from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2018 in a report released Thursday."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [33]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [37]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [41], 05/14/2021

Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes [42]

Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
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Disasters [13]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [43]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
International [48]
Central America & the Caribbean [49]
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