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Tracking Troubled Waters with ‘Endangered Rivers’ List [1]

A running list of endangered rivers becomes an annual starting point for strong local coverage of critical water issues. This week’s TipSheet spotlights the latest additions to an inventory of trouble spots around the United States, plus key angles and issues for coverage, and a selection of top resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

How a Hurricane Whipped Up Student Energy/Poverty Project [27]

A journalism teaching project planned to cover local energy inequities. That was before Hurricane Irma swept Florida. In the end, inspired student reporters moved community leaders to action with human-centered, data-driven stories focused on solutions. Journalist and educator Cynthia Barnett shares the lessons in our latest EJ Academy column.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [30]
Policy [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [32]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [35]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
International [36]
Canada [37]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [38]

The EPA turns to friendly media to share its news, while limiting access to mainstream reporters. And the agency moves to “weaponize” transparency. Those stories, plus, a new way to map political influence on environmental policy, and key reports made public, in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [40]
Climate Change [41]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [42]
Government [12]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [31]
Pollution [16]
Science [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

SEJ Takes EPA to Task [44]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has written EPA again, asking that its press shop stop distortions, ethically questionable treatment of journalists and appropriation of partisan news for official press releases. That, plus an update on the SEJ’s executive director search, in the latest President’s Report.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ Presidents Report [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

Death and Taxes [46]

A veteran freelancer struggles with tax season in the wake of an unexpected personal tragedy. But as she makes her way through a forest of forms, she offers a series of tips and observations for fellow independents, in the return of our regular Freelance Files column.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Freelance Files [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [7]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

When Disaster Strikes, Building Codes May Make Things Worse [48]

They may not be the sexiest topics on the environmental agenda. But building codes and zoning can become a matter of life and death when natural disasters strike. This week’s TipSheet runs down the reporting challenge when floods, earthquakes and wildfires threaten your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [41]
Disasters [29]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
California [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Visibility: 
Public [26]

Record Extreme Weather Disasters Spur Mitigation Windfall In Omnibus [52]

"The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill President Trump signed last week includes a record amount of funding to prepare communities for future extreme weather events that scientists say are being exacerbated by the impacts of global warming."

Climate Change [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Greenwire [53], 03/28/2018

Two More Wildfire Seasons Will Pass Before Federal Funding Fix Kicks In [54]

"Western U.S. residents could endure two more lethal wildfire seasons before the implementation of a widely-praised fix to how the federal government funds fighting and preventing wildfires."

Disasters [29]
Forests [55]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: McClatchy [56], 03/28/2018

"Greens Launch Campaign To Get Pruitt Fired" [57]

"A coalition of environmental groups is teaming up for a multi-pronged campaign to try to get Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt fired or to resign."

Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [58], 03/28/2018

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