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EPA Says Missouri’s Plan To Regulate Coal Ash Disposal Is Too Weak [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency notified Missouri environmental regulators this month that the state’s plan for overseeing the disposal of toxic waste from coal-fired power plants is not strong enough to protect human health and the environment."

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Source: St. Louis Public Radio [9], 03/25/2019

"Flooding Impairs Drinking Water Treatment For Kansas City, Missouri" [10]

"Record flooding along the Missouri River has impaired treatment of drinking supplies in Kansas City, raising health risks for infants, the elderly and others with compromised immune systems, the municipal water service warned on Saturday."

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Source: Reuters [12], 03/25/2019
February 22, 2019

DEADLINE: IJNR's Lower Mississippi River Institute [13]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid learning expedition down the Lower Mississippi to get a first-hand look at some of the stories along its shores, April 24-May 1, 2019, visiting small river towns to large global ports as we travel from St. Louis to New Orleans. Apply by Feb 22.

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Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Banning Undercover Farm Probes Ruled Unconstitutional [17]

"A federal judge on Wednesday struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation, finding the law violated the constitutional right to free speech."

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Source: AP [20], 01/11/2019

"St. Louis Demolitions Bring Renewed Risk For Lead Poisoning" [21]

"Toxic lead coursed through Christopher Holland Jr.’s body at two critical points in his life: as a toddler poisoned by lead paint and as a 20-year-old struck down by bullets."

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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch [23], 01/07/2019
February 1, 2019

DEADLINE: ICN’s Environmental Reporting Workshop for Midwest Journalists [24]

InsideClimate News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national nonprofit newsroom, will hold a free, two-day training for about ~12 winning applicants from March 7-8, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop will be focused on business journalism and center on covering the clean-energy economy in the Midwest. Deadline is Feb 1.

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Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening,  Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [26]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

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Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [2]
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Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [5]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
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The Renewables Revolution — A Renewable Source of News for Year Ahead [40]

The upward trends for renewable energy sources like wind and solar are a sure source of news for 2019, even if challenging political, economic and technical obstacles remain. This week’s TipSheet explains why, plus suggests stories to look for, notes the points of possible contention and offers a range of reporting resources to turn to.

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As Climate Change Bites In Midwest, Farmers Are Desperate To Ring Alarm [47]

"LANGDON, Missouri -- Richard Oswald did not need the latest US government report on the creeping toll of climate change to tell him that farming in the midwest is facing a grim future, and very likely changing forever."

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Source: Guardian [48], 12/13/2018

Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [49]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

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