SEJ
Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > National (U.S.)

Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [1]

As the Trump administration challenges wetlands preservation policy under the Clean Water Act, an important related practice has come into question. Mitigation banking — the creation or preservation of one wetland to offset the loss of another — has become a billion-dollar industry. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, the legal and regulatory tangle aside, wetlands permitting and mitigation continues, likely near you. Tracking the local story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [17]
  • Read more about Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [1]

'It's A Ghost Page': EPA Site's Climate Section May Be Gone For Good [18]

"More than a year after the US Environmental Protection Agency took down information on climate change from its website for an “update”, it now seems uncertain whether it will ever reappear."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [20]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [21], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about 'It's A Ghost Page': EPA Site's Climate Section May Be Gone For Good [18]

"In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark" [22]

"For nearly a year and a half, top officials in Newark denied that their water system had a widespread lead problem, despite ample evidence that the city was facing a public health crisis that had echoes of the one in Flint, Mich."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NY Times [25], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about "In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark" [22]

FEMA Flood Maps Ignore Climate Change, and Homeowners Are Paying Price [26]

"The flood maps don’t factor in sea level rise or changes in extreme weather, and many are years out of date. In Mexico Beach, 'minimal-risk' homes were swept away."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [28]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: InsideClimate News [29], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about FEMA Flood Maps Ignore Climate Change, and Homeowners Are Paying Price [26]

EPA Adds Restrictions To Use Of Weed Killer Linked To Crop Damage [30]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would allow farmers to spray a controversial weed killer made by Bayer AG’s Monsanto Co and BASF SE for two more years, with additional restrictions on use."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [32], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about EPA Adds Restrictions To Use Of Weed Killer Linked To Crop Damage [30]

"EPA Quietly Telling States They Can Pollute More" [33]

"WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly signaled it may allow states to release more ozone air pollution, commonly known as smog, dirtying the air in those states and neighboring ones, but the agency did not review the health impact of such a move.

The Trump administration's position is outlined in a highly technical guidance memo about plans states must create and submit for EPA approval under the Clean Air Act's good neighbor requirements. It was sent in August to EPA regional offices and posted on the agency's website, but not announced to the public.

Air [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [35], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about "EPA Quietly Telling States They Can Pollute More" [33]

White House Concerned Interior Secretary Zinke Violated Federal Rules [36]

"The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides for more information about a Montana land deal under scrutiny by the Justice Department."

Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [37], 11/02/2018
  • Read more about White House Concerned Interior Secretary Zinke Violated Federal Rules [36]

"Butterfly Preserve On The Border Threatened By Trump's Wall" [38]

"The National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre wildlife center and botanical garden in South Texas, provides a habitat for more than 100 species of butterflies. It also sits directly in the path of the Trump administration's proposed border wall."

Environmental Politics [5]
Wildlife [39]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [40], 11/01/2018
  • Read more about "Butterfly Preserve On The Border Threatened By Trump's Wall" [38]

"Groups Threaten To Sue EPA For Not Banning Paint Stripper Chemical" [41]

"A coalition of organizations is formally threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for not banning a toxic chemical used in paint strippers."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [42], 11/01/2018
  • Read more about "Groups Threaten To Sue EPA For Not Banning Paint Stripper Chemical" [41]

Trump EPA Rules Factory Farms Don't Have To Report Toxic Emissions [43]

"What factory farm owners portray as “normal odors” from animal waste can cause serious harm to farmers and the residents who live near these large industrial operations."

Agriculture [31]
Air [34]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Think Progress [44], 11/01/2018
  • Read more about Trump EPA Rules Factory Farms Don't Have To Report Toxic Emissions [43]

Pages

  • « first [16]
  • ‹ previous [45]
  • …
  • 1319 [46]
  • 1320 [47]
  • 1321 [48]
  • 1322 [45]
  • 1323
  • 1324 [49]
  • 1325 [50]
  • 1326 [51]
  • 1327 [52]
  • …
  • next › [49]
  • last » [53]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.

Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1322

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/wetlands-mitigation-why-draining-swamp-local-story [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [17] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/its-ghost-page-epa-sites-climate-section-may-be-gone-good [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [21] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/01/epa-website-climate-change-trump-administration?CMP=share_btn_tw [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/echo-flint-mich-water-crisis-now-hits-newark [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [25] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/nyregion/newark-lead-water-pipes.html [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fema-flood-maps-ignore-climate-change-and-homeowners-are-paying-price [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [29] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01112018/fema-flood-map-climate-change-hurricane-mexico-beach-florida-sea-level-rise [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-adds-restrictions-use-weed-killer-linked-crop-damage [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [32] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-dicamba/epa-adds-restrictions-to-use-of-bayer-basf-weed-killer-linked-to-crop-damage-idUSKCN1N534A [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-quietly-telling-states-they-can-pollute-more [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [35] https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/politics/epa-air-pollution/index.html [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-concerned-interior-secretary-zinke-violated-federal-rules [37] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-concerned-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-violated-federal-rules/2018/11/01/e5e4d2f4-dddc-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/butterfly-preserve-border-threatened-trumps-wall [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [40] https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/660671247/butterfly-preserve-on-the-border-threatened-by-trumps-wall [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/groups-threaten-sue-epa-not-banning-paint-stripper-chemical [42] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/414027-groups-threaten-to-sue-epa-for-not-banning-paint-stripper-chemical [43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-epa-rules-factory-farms-dont-have-report-toxic-emissions [44] https://thinkprogress.org/epa-wants-to-grant-factory-farms-exemption-from-reporting-potentially-harmful-emissions-6e944dc36d23/ [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1321 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1318 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1319 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1320 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1323 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1324 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1325 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1326 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=2705