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People & Population [5]

Planning & Growth [6]

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Public [7]

Read more about #SEJSpotlight: Leah Mahan, Independent Documentary Filmmaker [1]

Court Says Calif. Utilities Commission Must Obey State Public Records Act [8]

"In a broad victory for government transparency, an appeals court has ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission must comply with a state law requiring all agencies to promptly release information to the public."

Energy & Fuel [9]

Public [7]

California [11]

Source: LA Times [12], 06/21/2022

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"In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change" [13]

"For years, research journals devoted to the earth sciences have warned of the dire consequences that could result from global warming and pollution going unchecked. Now, one of the nation’s oldest medical journals has committed itself to increasing the public’s knowledge about the health effects of the planet’s changing climate."

Climate Change [14]

Environmental Health [15]

Science [16]

Public [7]

Source: Inside Climate News [18], 06/21/2022

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Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [19]

The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.

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BookShelf [20]

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Environmental Justice [21]

People & Population [5]

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Read more about Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [19]

EPA Leak on Problem Coal Ash Sites Could Yield Local Drinking Water Stories [25]

Closure plans for more than 160 coal ash facilities crisscrossing the United States are under renewed scrutiny by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a newly leaked list. The latest TipSheet credits that leak with offering local environmental reporters story leads on potential drinking water pollution in their communities. Get the details, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [26]

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Chemicals [27]

Energy & Fuel [9]

Environmental Politics [28]

Health [29]

Pollution [30]

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Water & Oceans [32]

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#SEJSpotlight: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America [33]

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Read more about #SEJSpotlight: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America [33]

"Family Says Bodies Found In Search For Journalist And Colleague" [34]

"The family of a missing journalist says they have been told by Brazilian authorities that two bodies have been found tied to a tree in the Amazon rainforest. The report came more than a week after the journalist and a Brazilian government official went missing."

Fish & Fisheries [35]

Public [7]

South America [36]

Source: Washington Post [37], 06/14/2022

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Sky News Australia Is A Global Hub For Climate Misinformation: Report [38]

"Australia’s Sky News channel has become a central source for climate science misinformation around the world, gaining high traction among conservative social media influencers and networks, according to a report."

Climate Change [14]

Environmental Politics [28]

Science [16]

Public [7]

International [23]

Source: Guardian [39], 06/14/2022

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Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases [40]

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.

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Reporters Toolbox [41]

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Climate Change [14]

Environmental Politics [28]

Government [42]

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Policy [44]

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Read more about Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases [40]

"Brazil Police: Items Owned By Missing Men Found In Amazon" [45]

"Search teams found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in a remote area of Brazil’s Amazon a week ago, Federal Police said Sunday night."