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"Homeless In Seattle Get Help From City Waste Pumper" [1]

"Chris Wilkerson used to get phone calls in the middle of the night about poop."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Waste [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: NPR [8], 01/05/2021
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"U.S. Justice Department Sues Over Puyallup River Pollution" [9]

"The Justice Department has filed a civil suit against the owners of the Electron Hydroelectric Project for violating the Clean Water Act by polluting the Puyallup River."

Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: Seattle Times [12], 11/27/2020
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"An Ancient People With A Modern Climate Plan" [13]

"After a brutal storm in 2006, the Swinomish tribe off the coast of Washington state launched a strategy to deal with the effects of a warming planet. Now, 50 other native tribes have followed suit."

Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: Washington Post [17], 11/25/2020
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"US Judge Voids Permits For Columbia River Methanol Plant" [18]

"A judge on Monday voided permits needed for a massive methanol plant on the Columbia River in southwestern Washington, agreeing with conservation groups that the project needs a more thorough environmental review."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [21], 11/24/2020
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Klamath: "Historic Deal Revives Plan For Largest US Dam Demolition" [22]

"An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years."

Agriculture [23]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
California [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [25], 11/18/2020
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For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [26]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

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Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [2]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [32]
Pollution [11]
Waste [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
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National (U.S.) [33]
California [24]
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"Fishing, Environmental Groups Sue Over Umpqua River Dam" [37]

"A coalition of environmental and fishing groups are suing a water district in southern Oregon over an aging, privately owned dam that they say hinders the passage of struggling salmon populations in the pristine North Umpqua River."

Fish & Fisheries [15]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [38], 11/12/2020
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How Much Longer Will Insurers Cover Wildfire Loss Near You? [39]

With wildfire exploding across the West this season, it may not be long before insurance companies worried about houses built along the wildland-urban interface try to raise premiums or drop policies altogether. It’s already happening in California, which is pushing back. Will it happen in your region as well? TipSheet has the backstory, plus a range of reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [41]
Disasters [42]
Planning & Growth [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [33]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Tracking Respiratory Health Risks From Wildfire Smoke [46]

Respiratory risks are high on the public health agenda these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So when Reporter’s Toolbox noticed some exemplary reporting on how West Coast wildfires were polluting the air, it took a look under the hood to see how other environmental journalists might use the same data sets for localized stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [48]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [42]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Pollution [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [33]
California [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Fires Turn Sage Brush Habitat In Washington Into A Scorched ‘Oblivion’" [49]

"Wildfires in Washington state have burned hundreds of thousands of acres, including an important mating habitat for sage grouse."

Biodiversity [50]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [42]
Natural Resources [51]
Wildlife [52]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: Mongabay [53], 09/22/2020
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