Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)

Public [5]

Source: NPR [7], 01/05/2018

Read more about Shellfish Industry Wrestles With Potentially Deadly Toxic Algae Bloom [1]

Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [8]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [9]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [2]

Disasters [10]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Environmental Politics [12]

Forests [13]

Government [14]

Natural Resources [16]

Policy [17]

Region:

Alaska and Hawaii [19]

California [20]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

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Public [5]

Read more about Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [8]

"N.J. Governor Christie Eyes Nuclear Power Subsidies, Sparks Criticism" [23]

"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 [24]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]

Public [5]

Source: NY Times [26], 12/13/2017

Read more about "N.J. Governor Christie Eyes Nuclear Power Subsidies, Sparks Criticism" [23]

For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [27]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [9]

Topics on the Beat:

Air [28]

Chemicals [29]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Environmental Politics [12]

Government [14]

Health [30]

Journalism & Media [31]

Policy [17]

Pollution [32]

Region:

California [20]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [27]

December 6, 2017

Getting Started with Smartphone Security [35]

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.

Other Events [36]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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Journalism & Media [31]

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"Special Report: Lead Poisoning Lurks In Scores Of New York Areas" [37]

"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 [29]

Environmental Health [24]

Public [5]

Source: Reuters [38], 11/15/2017

Read more about "Special Report: Lead Poisoning Lurks In Scores Of New York Areas" [37]

NJ Sets 1st State Limits for Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Water [39]

"Besides lead, no contaminant in drinking water has provoked as loud a public outcry in the last two years in the United States as a class of chemicals known as perfluorinated compounds. New Jersey regulators are taking the strongest action to date on the man-made chemicals that are used in scores of household and industrial products."

Chemicals [29]

Environmental Health [24]

Pollution [32]

Public [5]

Source: Circle of Blue [40], 11/08/2017

Read more about NJ Sets 1st State Limits for Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Water [39]

State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [41]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [9]

Topics on the Beat:

Consumer [42]

Government [14]

Journalism & Media [31]

Region:

Alaska and Hawaii [19]

California [20]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]

Northwest (OR WA) [45]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [41]

5 Years After Sandy: Vulnerable Red Hook Is Booming at Water's Edge [46]

"This growing Brooklyn neighborhood, flooded during Superstorm Sandy, is now confronting the threat of future storms and sea level rise."

Climate Change [2]

Planning & Growth [47]

Public [5]

Source: The Bridge [48], 10/27/2017

Read more about 5 Years After Sandy: Vulnerable Red Hook Is Booming at Water's Edge [46]

Why Reporters Should Go to Bat for Bats [49]

Halloween may remind many of the spookier side of bats. But these unique flying mammals provide important ecosystem services — and that's just one of the many reasons why environmental reporters might want to write about them. This week's TipSheet looks at covering bats, the habitat loss that's leaving many species threatened and the growing fungal plague that's wiping out many colonies. Resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [9]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [50]

Wildlife [51]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]