Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > National (U.S.) > Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

"U.S. Northeast Braces For Late Winter Blizzard" [1]

"Forecasters put the U.S. East Coast from New York City to Boston on a blizzard watch starting as early as Monday night, with authorities warning residents to prepare for the possibility of widespread power outages, road closures and flight disruptions."

Disasters [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [5]
Source: Reuters [6], 03/13/2017

"Oyster Wars: Volunteers, Watermen, Vie Over Sanctuaries" [7]

"St. Mary’s watershed group, harvesters debate value of leaving bivalves untouched in ‘mother lode’ of reproduction".

Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Bay Journal [11], 03/08/2017

Draining a Different Kind of Swamp [12]

As the Trump administration last week began its rollback of the Clean Water Rule, reporters are likely to see many more stories about wetlands permitting — especially on the local level. The latest TipSheet walks you through the Section 404 permitting maze and helps you find out what's happening in your locale and state.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
March 3, 2025

DEADLINE: Columbia Energy Journalism Fellows Program [17]

The Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy's 2025 program takes place in NYC, Jun 10-13. Free to journalists — learn about the intersecting disciplines shaping the global energy sector, including finance and markets, climate change, science and technology, policy and geopolitics. Apply by Mar 3.

Workshops and Fellowships [18]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Policy [22]
Science [23]
Technology [24]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]

Pennsylvania Drilling Pollutes Private Wells [25]

"WPX Energy Appalachia has paid a $1.2 million civil penalty for oil and gas violations that affected groundwater and private water supplies in Westmoreland County."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [26]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Penn Live [27], 02/28/2017

Daughter Of Coal Country Battles Climate Change And Her Father's Doubt [28]

"The economy in southwestern Pennsylvania has been hit twice, once by the collapse of big mining and steel employers, and again by the environmental destruction that accompanied those industries."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
People & Population [29]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: NPR [30], 02/17/2017

"Study Finds Rise in Methane in Pennsylvania Gas Country" [31]

"New research shows a recent three-year surge in methane levels in northeastern Pennsylvania, a hub of the state's natural gas production."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [26]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: InsideClimate News [32], 02/13/2017

"Path To Improving Atlantic Flyway At Blackwater Is Filled With Mud" [33]

"Converting low marsh to high marsh will help offset erosion caused by rising sea level".

Climate Change [19]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [34]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Bay Journal [35], 02/07/2017

Md. Legislature Overrides Veto, Strengthens Green-Energy Standards [36]

The Maryland Senate voted 32 to 13 on Thursday to override Gov. Hogan’s veto of a bill to boost the state’s use of renewable energy.

Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Washington Post [37], 02/03/2017

Coal Leasing on Federal Lands [38]

While resurrecting the declining U.S. coal industry, as promised by the new administration, is probably not possible, it may not stop a lifting of the moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands. TipSheet looks at how the issue moved front and center, and whether the move would help coal country.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [22]
Pollution [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Pages

The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.
Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=67

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-northeast-braces-late-winter-blizzard [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [6] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKBN16K0J7 [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oyster-wars-volunteers-watermen-vie-over-sanctuaries [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [11] http://www.bayjournal.com/article/oyster_wars_volunteers_watermen_vie_over_sanctuaries [12] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/draining-different-kind-swamp [13] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-columbia-energy-journalism--fellows-program [18] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pennsylvania-drilling-pollutes-private-wells [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [27] http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2017/02/driller_pays_12_million_follow.html#incart_river_home [28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/daughter-coal-country-battles-climate-change-and-her-fathers-doubt [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [30] http://www.npr.org/2017/02/16/515621840/a-daughter-of-coal-country-battles-climate-change-and-her-fathers-doubt [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-finds-rise-methane-pennsylvania-gas-country [32] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022017/methane-emissions-pennsylvania-natural-gas [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/path-improving-atlantic-flyway-blackwater-filled-mud [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [35] http://www.bayjournal.com/article/path_to_improving_atlantic_flyway_at_blackwater_is_filled_with_mud [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/md-legislature-overrides-veto-strengthens-green-energy-standards [37] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/with-veto-override-md-legislature-enacts-stronger-green-energy-standards/2017/02/02/8149d372-e95e-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html?utm_term=.3fecd164e17e [38] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/coal-leasing-federal-lands [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=66 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=63 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=64 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=65 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=68 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=69 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=70 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=71 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic?page=141