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"EPA: Wheeler Kept Up Industry Meetings After Taking Reins" [1]

"Andrew Wheeler met with a range of companies and trade groups with interests before EPA after he took charge at the agency."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [8], 12/05/2018
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In 2019, PFAS Chemicals Will Show Up in Drinking Water … and Headlines [9]

The vast and widely used PFAS family of chemicals is causing serious worries across the country, as it turns up in more and more drinking water systems. Pressure to regulate it is also growing, but with mixed results. This week’s TipSheet offers a detailed look-ahead on this big, developing story, with a walk-through of the context, what the EPA is (and isn’t) doing, and why states are stepping up.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [11]
Air [12]
Chemicals [13]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [14]
Government [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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January 31, 2026

DEADLINE: The Victor K. McElheny Award [26]

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.

Awards and Grants [27]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [3]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [20]
Technology [28]

"Businesses Discharging PFAS into Michigan's Waterways" [29]

"Michigan businesses are discharging high levels of PFAS that move into the state's waterways on a daily basis."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: MLive [30], 11/30/2018
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New Tick Species Can Transmit Disease, Spreading In The U.S. [31]

"A new invasive tick species capable of transmitting several severe diseases is spreading in the United States, posing an emerging threat to human and animal health, according to a pair of reports issued Thursday."

Environmental Health [3]
Wildlife [32]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/30/2018
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"Chemours To Clean Up Genx And Pay $12 Million Fine" [34]

"To settle allegations that it tainted drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in southeast North Carolina with toxic fluoroethers, Chemours has agreed to pay the state $12 million."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: C&EN [36], 11/29/2018
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"Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate" [37]

"Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the growing risks of climate change for human health and predicts that cascading hazards could soon face millions more people in rich and poor countries around the world."

Climate Change [38]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
International [39]
Source: NY Times [40], 11/29/2018
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"Chemicals on Our Food: When “Safe” May Not Really Be Safe" [41]

"Weed killers in wheat crackers and cereals, insecticides in apple juice and a mix of multiple pesticides in spinach, string beans and other veggies – all are part of the daily diets of many Americans. For decades, federal officials have declared tiny traces of these contaminants to be safe. But a new wave of scientific scrutiny is challenging those assertions."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [43]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [44], 11/27/2018
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Pollution, Prejudice And Profiteering Politicians In Birmingham, Alabama [45]

"A bribery scandal over contamination cleanup exposes corrupt behavior from trusted leaders. Will the high-level trial and charges bring the neglected community long overdue environmental justice? "

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: EHN [46], 11/27/2018
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"How Trump Is Ensuring That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Rise" [47]

"President Trump had a clear message Monday when asked about the core conclusion of a scientific report issued by his own administration: that climate change will batter the nation’s economy. “I don’t believe it,” he said."

Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [48], 11/27/2018
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