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As Standing Rock Construction Restarts, Pipeline Fights Flare Across US [1]

"In at least four states, encampments built as bases for pipeline resistance have emerged." They include the Trans-Pecos Pipeline, the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, the Sabal Trail Pipeline, and the Pilgrim Pipeline.

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Intercept [6], 02/21/2017

Trump To Roll Back Obama Climate, Water Rules Through Executive Action [7]

"President Trump is preparing executive orders aimed at curtailing Obama-era policies on climate and water pollution, according to individuals briefed on the measures."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Washington Post [13], 02/21/2017

"EPA Questions Pruitt’s Link To Oil, Gas" [14]

"Scott Pruitt will take the helm at the Environmental Protection Agency this week facing questions about his relationship with fossil fuels companies and a workforce that, at least in part, seems skeptical about his plans for the agency."

Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Washington Times [16], 02/21/2017

"EPA: Pruitt Wants 24/7 Bodyguards" [17]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt — one of President Trump’s most controversial Cabinet-level picks — was expected to request an around-the-clock security detail from his agency, according to an internal agency email obtained by E&E News."

Environmental Politics [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [18], 02/21/2017

As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [19]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

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SEJ Presidents Report [20]
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Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [21]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [24]
Wildlife [25]
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Public [4]

Oroville Crisis Points to Dam Stories in Many States [26]

California's Oroville Dam has been in the news this month, as it threatened to fail, flooding nearby communities. But worsening dam safety is a national story with local angles throughout the United States. TipSheet runs down the risks and the resources, plus offers upcoming news hooks for dam stories in your community.

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TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [4]

Toxics Database a Key Tool for Environmental Journalists [30]

The Toxics Release Inventory has long been a vital reporting tool, and now there's a new edition of the database, issued last month by the outgoing Obama administration. Reporter's Toolbox walks you through how to smartly mine TRI for stories, whether you're a newbie or a veteran. Plus, TRI caveats.

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Reporters Toolbox [31]
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Chemicals [32]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [15]
Environmental Health [33]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [35]
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Public [4]

"Politics-Wary Scientists Wade into the Trump Fray at Boston Rally" [36]

"Hundreds of scientists put aside their habitual wariness toward political activity and rallied over the weekend in Boston’s Copley Square, with many saying the Trump administration has left them no choice."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [37]
Technology [38]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Scientific American [39], 02/20/2017

"Border Wall Would Cleave Tribe, and Its Connection to Ancestral Land" [40]

"The phone calls started almost as soon as President Trump signed his executive order, making official his pledge to build a wall to separate the United States from Mexico."

Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [41]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: NY Times [43], 02/20/2017

Lead Ammunition Poisons Wildlife But Too Expensive To Change: Hunters [44]

"On the day before President Trump's inauguration, the outgoing Obama administration passed a last-minute directive, banning the use of lead ammunition and fishing sinkers on federal land."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Wildlife [25]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [45], 02/20/2017

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