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Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases [1]

As funding from the U.S. government’s massive infrastructure bill starts to get spent, big swaths of it on environmental-related concerns, Reporter’s Toolbox points to a problem for journalists covering it  — there appears to be no single database to help track the money. But for intrepid reporters, various data sources are out there to help tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
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Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act [12]

In a second Issue Backgrounder looking at major environmental questions before the U.S. Supreme Court, SEJournal considers the long-standing controversy about the definition of “waters of the United States.” The Clean Water Act case, which the high court could (re)decide during its next term, would have profound environmental and economic implications. The latest Backgrounder wades into the issue.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
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Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings? [18]

"California is a good laboratory to explore women’s impact on environmental policy and the hurdles they continue to face."

Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: LA Times [20], 06/10/2022
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"Yellowstone Bison Face Endangered Species Act Review" [21]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will spend the next year assessing whether to protect Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act — a court-mandated move that could upend recent attempts to reestablish wild herds on tribal reservations across the west."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [23], 06/10/2022
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Industry-Linked Standard Allows Clothing Giants to Ramp Up Emissions [24]

"More than a decade ago, the clothing world’s ultimate would-be do-gooder, Patagonia, partnered with Walmart to clean up the fashion industry’s environmental image. The reason was obvious: The garment industry is the second largest polluter in the world."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [26]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [27], 06/10/2022
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"Zinke Projected To Win Republican Nomination for U.S. House in Montana" [28]

"Ryan Zinke, a former Trump administration official, is projected to win the GOP nomination for Montana’s new U.S. House district, according to the Associated Press."

Environmental Politics [4]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [29], 06/10/2022
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McCarthy Prods Big Tech To Crack Down On Climate Change Misinformation [30]

"Gina McCarthy, President Biden's top domestic climate adviser, said tech companies should do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information about climate change and clean energy."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [31]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Axios [32], 06/10/2022
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House Passes Water Resources Development Act 384-37 [33]

"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which would further Everglades Restoration efforts, as well as improve management of the nation’s waterways, and fund flood control and coastal resiliency projects."

Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: WPTV [35], 06/09/2022
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"Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board" [36]

"President Joe Biden has tapped Catherine J.K. Sandoval for the US Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board."

Chemicals [37]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 06/09/2022
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"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster" [40]

"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [41]
Government [5]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [42]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Searchlight N.M. [44], 06/08/2022
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