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"Waste Dumps A Burden For Minority Neighborhoods" [1]

"Would you want an industrial waste dump near your house? Probably not. But across the country, environmental hazards like waste dumps tend to be located near minority communities."

Laws & Regulations [2]
People & Population [3]
Waste [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: WOSU [7], 01/18/2018
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Heartland Protected Former Exec Charged With Stalking: Ex-Staffers [8]

"A former Heartland Institute director faced charges for violating a female subordinate’s restraining order. An official at the think tank came to his defense."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [2]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [11], 01/18/2018
  • Read more about Heartland Protected Former Exec Charged With Stalking: Ex-Staffers [8]

"In Canada, Hunting and Preserving an Indigenous Way of Life" [12]

"MANIWAKI, Quebec — When the Algonquin chef Cezin Nottaway was 5 years old, her mother taught her how to kill and skin a beaver with her bare hands. The little girl also learned how to snare a rabbit and to draw a moose out of the forest by emulating its haunting grunt."

Food [13]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
Canada [14]
Source: NY Times [15], 01/17/2018
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"Expressway Seen As Symbol Of Racial Inequity, Health Problems" [16]

"The scent of exhaust fumes fill the air on a mid-January afternoon. Cars, trucks and buses zip back and forth from downtown Buffalo on the Kensington Expressway, also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway."

Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [2]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: WBFO [19], 01/17/2018
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For 2018, Predicting Extreme Weather Disasters Not As Hard As You Think [20]

Floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other human-caused disasters made 2017 a hard year to beat. But environmental journalists would do well to be prepared for 2018. This week's TipSheet explains why predicting weather-related disasters may not be as hard you think, and provides resources to get reporters ready. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [9]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [2]
People & Population [3]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [25]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Central America & the Caribbean [31]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
  • Read more about For 2018, Predicting Extreme Weather Disasters Not As Hard As You Think [20]

Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do [32]

The environmental legacy of past presidents tells us much about the current White House, whose occupant author Douglas Brinkley calls "a used car salesman of the worst kind." In this "Between the Lines" Q&A, the historian talks about what we can learn from TR and FDR, the future of the environmental movement and the role of journalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [34]
Agriculture [35]
Air [36]
Biodiversity [37]
Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [9]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [41]
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [3]
Policy [25]
Pollution [44]
Science [26]
Waste [4]
Wildlife [45]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
  • Read more about Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do [32]

"Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got Their Wish." [46]

"Garry Holiday grew up among the abandoned mines that dot the Navajo Nation’s red landscape, remnants of a time when uranium helped cement America’s status as a nuclear superpower and fueled its nuclear energy program."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [43]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [48], 01/16/2018
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DOJ Helped Prosecutor Target Facebook Records of Anti-Pipeline Activists [49]

"Nine months after pipeline opponents in Washington state staged a protest that blocked freeway traffic, Facebook ended a protracted legal standoff with a county prosecutor, turning over detailed records on the indigenous-led group behind the demonstration."

Activism [34]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [2]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Intercept [51], 01/15/2018
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'Clean Energy Is a Fundamental Civil Right': NAACP [52]

"The NAACP is launching a major environmental justice campaign on Jan. 13 to mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [50]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EcoWatch [53], 01/15/2018
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Harvey: ZIP Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Climate Change Burden [54]

"Concern continues to grow over the environmental impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston area, home to more than a dozen oil refineries."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [17]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Democracy Now! [55], 01/15/2018
  • Read more about Harvey: ZIP Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Climate Change Burden [54]

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