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SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [1]

With this issue, SEJournal launches its newest column — FEJ StoryLog. The bimonthly feature will bring you the lessons of journalists who have been able to pursue their public service reporting work through the largesse of the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Column editor Carolyn Whetzel tells the story of the grant program and its successes. And watch in coming weeks for our first grantee StoryLog, from reporter Christine Woodside.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Europe [16]
Visibility: 
Public [17]
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Conservative Court To Consider Upcoming Environment Cases [18]

Amy Coney Barrett’s swearing-in as associate justice this week brings a solidifying conservative majority to the Supreme Court. That likely means environmental issues coming before the justices will face new legal tests. The latest TipSheet explores four prominent cases coming to the high court this term that will help shed light on its evolving views on climate, water and public information.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [17]
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"Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle's Climate Issues" [30]

"The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [31], 10/23/2020
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"U.S. Nuclear Plants in SC, MO Face The Highest Quake Risks: Report" [32]

"The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South Carolina and Missouri, an analysis of government data published on Thursday said."

Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [33], 10/23/2020
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"Watchdogs Push New Mexico To Limit US Nuclear Waste Dump" [34]

"Watchdogs on Wednesday renewed their call for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state environmental regulators to take a stand against the federal government as it looks to extend and expand operations at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository."

Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Waste [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [35], 10/23/2020
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"The Oil Lobby’s COVID-19 Wish List" [36]

"The American Petroleum Institute sent Trump’s Interior Department a lengthy list of demands in March to help it weather the effects of the coronavirus pandemic."

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [23]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [38], 10/23/2020
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"Trump Administration Adds 1,275 Miles To National Trail System" [39]

"U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced 30 new national recreation trails in 25 states, adding more than 1,275 miles to the National Trails System."

Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Chattanoogan [41], 10/23/2020
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Trump Rollbacks Create Pollution Nightmare in Congressfolks' Backyards [42]

A new report from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) details the impacts of President Trump's environmental rollbacks on the districts and states of the Congress members who oversee EPA.

Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [9]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Earther [43], 10/23/2020
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"Trump Order Strips Workplace Protections From Civil Servants" [44]

"A new executive order from President Trump makes it easier to hire and fire civil servants that work on policy, stripping some protections from career employees before a potential change in administration."

Environmental Politics [23]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Science [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [47], 10/23/2020
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Debate: Biden Says U.S. Needs To Move Off Oil To Tackle Climate Change [48]

"President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden laid out starkly different visions Thursday night on whether the United States needs to transition away from fossil fuels to address climate change, in the lengthiest exchange two presidential candidates have ever had on the topic."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [49], 10/23/2020
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