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Read more about Climate Change Issue Will Heat Up in 2019 [1]

The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [15]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable [16], organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

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Under Trump, Squalls over Science Will Continue in 2019 [35]

The Trump administration’s “war on science” is playing out not just at the EPA, with its controversial proposed “secret science” rule, but at federal agencies throughout the government. This special TipSheet lays out the conflict, and offers guidance on how to turn the overarching issue into a story with character and a regional or local sense of place. Plus, see more in our ongoing 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment.

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Read more about Under Trump, Squalls over Science Will Continue in 2019 [35]

Creator Of Floating Collector Struggling To Capture Plastic In Pacific [37]

"A crew of engineers in the middle of the ocean will try to fix a device that was intended to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic have coalesced into a field of debris twice the size of Texas."

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Source: NPR [39], 12/19/2018

Read more about Creator Of Floating Collector Struggling To Capture Plastic In Pacific [37]

January 31, 2026

DEADLINE: The Victor K. McElheny Award [40]

This award, sponsored by the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, honors local and regional reporting from the US on science, public health, technology or the environment. Winner receives $10,000 and a ceremony hosted by KSJ. No entry fee. Deadline: Jan 31, 2026.

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"U.S. Clean Coal Program Fails To Deliver On Promised Smog Cuts" [42]

"U.S. taxpayers have spent billions of dollars subsidizing chemically treated refined coal, but a Reuters analysis of EPA data shows that the power plants burning it often pump out more smog, not less."

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Source: Reuters [43], 12/04/2018

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"Betting On A New Way To Make Concrete That Doesn’t Pollute" [44]

"Just after sunrise, a concrete plant located in a muddy industrial zone north of London stirs to life. Workers in orange suits and hard hats watch through a protective window as a machine presses what looks like red sand into a tray of brick-shaped blocks."

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Source: NY Times [45], 12/03/2018

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Poisoned Wildlife and Meat: Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets [46]

"Many hunters are ditching traditional ammunition amid mounting evidence that it harms scavengers and pollutes the food people eat."

Chemicals [19]

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Source: NY Times [47], 11/26/2018

Read more about Poisoned Wildlife and Meat: Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets [46]

Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News [48]

What will a divided Congress mean for environment and energy issues? This week’s TipSheet explores the question by looking at the Democrats who will now lead key House committees once the new Congress is seated next year. Take a lightning tour of a half-dozen top panels, their anticipated leadership and the issues they tackle, including drinking water safety, environmental justice and climate change, infrastructure, science policy, natural resources and more.

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Read more about Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News [48]

"Fast-Rising Demand for Air Conditioning Is Adding to Global Warming" [49]

"With window units set to more than triple by 2050, home air conditioning is on pace to add half a degree Celsius to global warming this century, a new report says."

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