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"To Clean Up The Potomac, Engineers Are Digging A 2-Mile Tunnel Under It" [1]

"A crucial race against the clock to dig a tunnel under the Potomac River depends on a powerhouse player: a 15-foot-wide, 380-ton machine named “Hazel.”

Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
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Source: Washington Post [7], 09/13/2022

"As Seas Rise, U.S. Coastal Landowners Urged To Let The Water In" [8]

"Led by Maryland, governments and green groups are offering incentives to allow threatened saltwater marshes to 'migrate' inland".

Agriculture [9]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [11], 09/12/2022

Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories [12]

Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.

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Biodiversity [14]
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Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [2]
Science [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Wildlife [26]
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California [27]
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West Virginians Divided Over Gas Pipeline Despite Manchin's Support [29]

"The Mountain Valley Pipeline exists as a 303-mile-long chain with hundreds of missing links. Without all of its federal permits, the natural gas project cannot cross Jefferson National Forest or many of the streams and wetlands in its proposed path from West Virginia to North Carolina."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: NPR [32], 09/08/2022

Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [33]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [34] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

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Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [17]
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Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [38]
Policy [23]
Pollution [2]
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"FERC Grants Four-Year Extension for MVP Project" [43]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted a four-year extension to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: WDBJ7 [44], 08/24/2022

Fossilized Tooth May Help Solve The Mystery Of The Chincoteague Ponies [45]

"The mysterious origin story of the wild ponies on Assateague Island might finally be closer to being resolved, thanks to a recent scientific discovery that all happened by chance."

Biodiversity [14]
Science [24]
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Source: NPR [46], 08/12/2022

Following Nature on a Transformative Journey Away From the Mean Streets of D.C. [47]

As a young man, Rodney Stotts knew plenty about drugs, guns and poverty and little about the other kinds of wildlife in his hometown. A chance offer of a job cleaning up Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River set him on the path to becoming a master falconer — despite racist resistance — and a mentor to others who share his inner-city roots. BookShelf’s Jennifer Weeks reviews Stotts’ memoir, “Bird Brother.”

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"Appalachian Voices Sues State Over Release Of Carbon Market Document" [51]

"Nonprofit Appalachian Voices is suing Virginia to force the release of a document that allegedly contains an opinion from the attorney general’s office that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin cannot pull the state out of a regional carbon market."

Journalism & Media [21]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Virginia Mercury [52], 08/05/2022

Pa. Just Lost A Key Tool To Address Its Abandoned Oil Well Problem [53]

""It’s a green light for the conventional oil and gas industry to continue to do what they’ve done, which is abandon these wells whenever they feel like it.""

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [30]
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Source: Grist [54], 07/26/2022

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