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January 30, 2018

Sustainability Measurement in China: Fostering a Race to the Top [1]

The Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management invites you to this event at Columbia University in New York City. Reception follows.

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Economy & Business [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Asia [8]

2018 Elections Could Be Game-Changer for Environment, Energy [9]

The 2018 elections may prove highly consequential for environment and energy policy, possibly slowing or even reversing the Trump-GOP deregulatory agenda. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters frame the choices voters face, including environmental justice and offshore drilling.

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Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
People & Population [16]
Policy [6]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
California [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
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Court Cases with Trump Agencies Will Make News in 2018 [26]

The battle over environment and energy issues may ultimately come down to U.S. courts, where, unlike Congress and White House, the GOP doesn't hold sway ... yet. This week's TipSheet looks at a dozen major legal issues making news in 2018, like wetlands protection, and offers story ideas and resources to cover them.

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Technology [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [31]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
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"Maine Town Wins Round in Tar Sands Oil Battle With Industry" [33]

"A federal judge has handed a win to South Portland, Maine over a pipeline company that wants to send tar sands oil through the city, a proposal seen as opening a path for Canada's crude to reach the East Coast for export."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [35], 01/09/2018

Shellfish Industry Wrestles With Potentially Deadly Toxic Algae Bloom [36]

"A new threat to New England's shellfish industry seems to be establishing itself more firmly, and regulators are trying to stay ahead of potentially deadly blooms of toxic algae that may be driven by climate change."

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Fish & Fisheries [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: NPR [38], 01/05/2018

Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [39]

Long-standing disputes over exploitation of public lands bubble over as the Trump administration advances campaign promises to ease restrictions on energy development. A special TipSheet, part of our 2018 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment, has resources for covering public lands-related issues as they play out in the coming year.

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Climate Change [12]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [41]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [42]
Policy [6]
Water & Oceans [30]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
California [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
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"N.J. Governor Christie Eyes Nuclear Power Subsidies, Sparks Criticism" [43]

"New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would consider a bill in his last month in office that would subsidize the state's nuclear power plants to prevent them from retiring early, sparking criticism from some energy companies and environmental and public interest groups on Friday."

Environmental Health [44]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: NY Times [46], 12/13/2017

For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [47]

Trying to figure out the air quality in your coverage area? The EPA may not be much help. But this week's TipSheet suggests some effective work-arounds for your reporting. Get the backstory on ozone standards, tips on how to track ozone "nonattainment" for your area and learn why smog matters so much to public health.

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Air [48]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
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Health [49]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Policy [6]
Pollution [51]
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California [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
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December 6, 2017

Getting Started with Smartphone Security [52]

This workshop, at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch in New York, 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Dec 6, will cover fundamental mobile security and go through how to use your phone’s built-in encryption, the limitations of message encryption and metadata, VPNs and more.

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"Special Report: Lead Poisoning Lurks In Scores Of New York Areas" [53]

"In public health circles, New York City is known for its long war on lead poisoning. ... A 2004 housing law targeted 'elimination' of childhood lead poisoning within six years.... Yet inspectors didn’t visit the Brooklyn apartment where Barbara Ellis lived until after her twin daughters tested high for lead three years in a row, she said."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [34]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: Reuters [54], 11/15/2017

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