"Environmental Groups Sue EPA In Bid To Ban Toxic Paint Strippers" [1]
"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a bid to ban the sale toxic paint strippers."

"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a bid to ban the sale toxic paint strippers."
"A day after California filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency declaration on the border, the Transportation Department said it was exploring legal options to claw back $2.5 billion in federal funds it had already spent on the state’s high-speed rail network."
"Top Trump administration officials have pushed to build nuclear power plants throughout Saudi Arabia over the vigorous objections of White House lawyers who question the legality of the plan and the ethics of a venture that could enrich Trump allies, according to a new report by House Democrats released on Tuesday."
"Three environmental groups were among the organizations to sue the Trump administration almost immediately after the border wall declaration on Friday."
"The White House is working to assemble a panel to assess whether climate change poses a national security threat, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post, a conclusion that federal intelligence agencies have affirmed several times since President Trump took office."
"The Supreme Court is taking up another far-reaching debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act."

Even as traditional journalism jobs are in decline, innovative educators are finding ways to fill seats in journalism courses. EJ Academy editor Robert Wyss unpacks a recent study that examines the challenges of environmental journalism education and explores how journalism instructors must stretch to focus on preserving the “functions of journalism.” Find out more in our latest EJ Academy column.

A rare bipartisan package of public lands measures now moving through Congress is big national news and will yield numerous regional and local stories. The bill permanently authorizes a major conservation fund, expands parks, designates wilderness areas, bars some mining, protects bird species and more. This week’s TipSheet explores why the lands bill matters so much, tracks the legislation’s likely passage and helps you prep your coverage with story ideas and more than half a dozen reporting resources.
"Biologists are searching caves and abandoned mines in the West, hoping to spare many species of the winged creatures from the devastating fungus, white-nose syndrome."
"Sea level rise is eating into the revenue of this quaint coastal business district. An innovative new study estimates the economic costs."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-groups-sue-epa-bid-ban-toxic-paint-strippers
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/430642-greens-sue-epa-to-get-paint-stripper-banned
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-wants-california-pay-back-25-billion-high-speed-rail
[10] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/trump-cancels-california-high-speed-rail-grant.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-opens-inquiry-proposed-us-nuclear-venture-saudi-arabia
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation
[15] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-saudi-arabia-nuclear-power.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmentalists-join-suing-trump-over-emergency-wall-declaration
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[22] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/02/19/the-energy-202-environmentalists-join-in-suing-trump-over-emergency-wall-declaration/5c6b2ea11b326b71858c6bbf/?utm_term=.b598cba651e7
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-plans-panel-assess-if-climate-poses-security-threat
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[25] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-readies-panel-to-assess-if-climate-change-poses-a-national-security-threat/2019/02/19/ccc8b29e-3396-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/supreme-court-clean-water-act-case-could-have-sweeping-impacts
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[29] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060121405
[30] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-academy/environmental-journalism-education-changes-challenges-abound
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/ej-academy
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[34] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/senate-passed-public-lands-bill-old-school-green-deal
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/saving-bats-one-cave-time
[38] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/science/bats-white-nose-syndrome.html
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-nuisance-flooding-adds-annapolis%E2%80%99-city-dock
[40] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15022019/coastal-flooding-economic-cost-annapolis-sea-level-rise-climate-change-historic-city-dock-academy-seawall
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1171
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1168
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1169
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1170
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1173
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1174
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1175
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1176
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=2589