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Wastewater Ponds Often a Local Story Worth Stirring Up [1]

The tale of a toxic wastewater pit menacing a Florida community is a story that could be told in communities around the nation. As the latest TipSheet warns, these waste sites can turn into ticking time bombs. But in reporting the story locally, the first thing to know is which of the many kinds of wastewater ponds to look for. Here’s a rundown.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
International [14]
Canada [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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"How To Heal A River" [17]

"After more than a century of logging, agriculture and development, Vancouver Island's Koksilah River watershed and its salmon are in serious decline. A groundbreaking water sustainability plan that brings together diverse interests could not only restore the river, but point a new way forward for watersheds across B.C."

Fish & Fisheries [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [16]
Canada [15]
Source: The Narwhal [20], 04/06/2021
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Canada's Herring Face Collapse, Say First Nations And Activists [21]

" First Nations and conservationists are warning that Pacific herring populations are “collapsing” off Canada’s western coast, and are appealing for a moratorium on commercial fishing until the critical species can rebuild."

Fish & Fisheries [18]
People & Population [22]
Public [16]
Canada [15]
Source: Guardian [23], 04/05/2021
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"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held"" [24]

"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [11]
Canada [15]
Source: HEATED [30], 04/02/2021
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"Lawyers Clash Over $1B Hydropower Transmission Corridor" [31]

"Attorneys for conservation organizations and an electric utility clashed Tuesday before a federal appeals court over the adequacy of environmental reviews of a key portion of a power transmission project in western Maine."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [11]
Canada [15]
Source: AP [32], 03/31/2021
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Fairy Creek Blockade: Inside The Fight For B.C.’S Last Ancient Forests [33]

"For eight months a small group of protesters have successfully prevented logging company Teal-Jones from accessing forest on Pacheedaht territory, exposing tensions that can exist at the intersection of Indigenous land rights, economic opportunity and the urgent battle to protect what remains of the province's old growth".

Activism [25]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [34]
Public [16]
Canada [15]
Source: The Tyee [35], 03/30/2021
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"Canada's Top Court Upholds Pillar Of Trudeau's Plan To Fight Climate Change" [36]

"Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of the federal government’s carbon pricing policy on Thursday, upholding a central pillar of Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau’s climate plan and infuriating some provinces that opposed it."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [16]
Canada [15]
Source: Reuters [38], 03/26/2021
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Quagga Mussels — Worse Than Zebra Mussels and Maybe Headed Your Way [39]

An invasive species of mussel — no, not zebra mussels, but quagga mussels — are wreaking havoc not just in the Great Lakes, but have now spread through the Mississippi and Colorado basins, as far west as Lake Mead. The latest TipSheet runs down the extent of the problem, how quaggas may be even worse than zebra mussels, and ideas for reporting on your local waterways.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [40]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [41]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [14]
Canada [15]
Europe [45]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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“What Bears Teach Us” [46]

Bears are incredibly complex animals with much to teach humans, writes the author of a new volume on grizzlies, black and polar bears. Our BookShelf review calls the text, which also integrates striking photographs, highly scientific yet accessible, and suggests it might go a long way to helping not just to understand bears, but improve their odds of survival.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Studies [48]
Science [49]
Wildlife [41]
Region: 
International [14]
Canada [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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March 22, 2021 to March 26, 2021

Workshop: Fire in the Crown of the Continent [50]

This virtual event, hosted by the Crown Managers Partnership in association with several agencies, organizations, Tribes and the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, will feature a unique 4-hour session each day.

Workshops and Fellowships [51]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [5]
Forests [34]
People & Population [22]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Canada [15]

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