Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

Pollution [4]

Public [5]

Source: EnergyWire [7], 07/02/2019

Read more about "Pa. Refinery: Who Will Clean Up Decades Of Pollution?" [1]

July 26, 2019

DEADLINE: Covering Community Impacts of Oil & Gas Development [8]

SciLine will provide an all-expenses-paid, 2½-day workshop, Oct 23-25 at Penn State U, designed to arm journalists — including those without deep backgrounds in science — with the knowledge and context they need to incorporate research-based evidence into stories about how oil and gas development is affecting U.S. communities. Space is limited. Apply by Jul 26.

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Public [5]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [9]

Climate Change [10]

Consumer [11]

Economy & Business [12]

Environmental Health [13]

Health [14]

Pollution [4]

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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [16]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [17]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [18]

Air [19]

Chemicals [9]

Environmental Health [13]

Environmental Politics [20]

Government [21]

Health [14]

Journalism & Media [22]

Natural Resources [24]

Policy [25]

Pollution [4]

Water & Oceans [26]

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Alaska and Hawaii [28]

California [29]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]

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Public [5]

Read more about Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [16]

"Chesapeake Bay 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest In Decades, Scientists Say" [36]

"An area of little to no oxygen could pose a threat to marine life in the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan predict the "dead zone" could be about 2.1 cubic miles — making it one of the largest in the past 20 years."

Fish & Fisheries [37]

Pollution [4]

Water & Oceans [26]

Public [5]

Source: Salisbury Daily Times [38], 06/24/2019

Read more about "Chesapeake Bay 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest In Decades, Scientists Say" [36]

"Blast Rips Through South Philadelphia Refinery, Triggering Major Fire" [39]

"An explosion ripped through a refinery in South Philadelphia early Friday, lighting up the night sky and triggering a massive fire. No injuries were reported and it appears firefighters have contained the blaze."

Chemicals [9]

Disasters [2]

Environmental Health [13]

Public [5]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [40], 06/21/2019

Read more about "Blast Rips Through South Philadelphia Refinery, Triggering Major Fire" [39]

June 29, 2019

Regeneration: Sustaining Life and Community [41]

This all-day participatory “pro-human" gathering near Washington, DC will feature a panel discussion exploring how we can live in better alignment with the way humans are “wired” to live, smaller group discussions, an informal idea-and-book exchange, and more.

Other Events [42]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Topics on the Beat:

Diversity [43]

Planning & Growth [44]

Region:

Database Helps Track PFAS Drinking Water Contamination [45]

Millions of people across the United States are believed to be drinking PFAS-contaminated water. And a growing database could prove an invaluable resource for environmental journalists trying to get a handle on that public health risk. Our latest biweekly Reporter’s Toolbox, recently refocused on data journalism tools and techniques, explains how to tap the expanding PFAS data.

SEJ Publication Types:

Reporters Toolbox [46]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [9]

Consumer [11]

Government [21]

Health [14]

Journalism & Media [22]

Pollution [4]

Water & Oceans [26]

Region:

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about Database Helps Track PFAS Drinking Water Contamination [45]

"Mining: Supreme Court Upholds Uranium Ban In 'Rubik's Cube' Ruling" [47]

"Virginia's longtime ban on uranium mining will remain in place after the Supreme Court issued a splintered decision upholding the policy."

Natural Resources [24]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [48]

Public [5]

Source: Greenwire [49], 06/18/2019

Read more about "Mining: Supreme Court Upholds Uranium Ban In 'Rubik's Cube' Ruling" [47]

Fracking Companies Fight W.V. Landowners on Trespassing, Win Some Cases [50]

"A week after the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the property rights of landowners battling one natural gas giant, the same court tossed out a challenge filed by another group of landowners against a different natural gas company."

Public [5]

Source: ProPublica [51], 06/13/2019

Read more about Fracking Companies Fight W.V. Landowners on Trespassing, Win Some Cases [50]

Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [52]

A decades-old environmental jobs program that provided work for thousands of disadvantaged young people across more than a dozen states has been hit with one of the largest federal downsizings in a decade. Find out how the closing of some Civilian Conservation Centers may be a story near you, from the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [53]

Topics on the Beat:

Economy & Business [12]

Environmental Politics [20]

Forests [54]

Government [21]

Journalism & Media [22]

Natural Resources [24]

Region: