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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [1]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

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Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [9], 02/23/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [10]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

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Energy & Fuel [11]
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Natural Resources [14]
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Canada [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 02/22/2024
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Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine [19]

"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."

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Source: Guardian [22], 02/19/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [23]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

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Environmental Health [21]
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Infrastructure [24]
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Source: Washington Post [26], 02/19/2024
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In Their Own Words — Story Insights From SEJ’s 2023 Award Winners [27]

When Inside Story co-editor Rocky Kistner reviewed video statements from first-place winners of the Society of Environmental Journalists 2023 reporting awards, he found a series of striking insights into the work of environmental journalism. From environment as a true crime story and going beyond the headlines, to covering communities at risk and through powerful interests, a look at nine highly effective approaches to telling environmental stories.

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Forests [32]
Government [33]
Health [34]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [4]
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Pollution [15]
Waste [37]
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"Enbridge Appeals To Vacate An Order That Would Shut Down Its Pipeline" [44]

"An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation."

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Source: AP [45], 02/12/2024
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"Biden Confronts Unfinished Business With Ohio Train Wreck" [46]

"Stalled efforts to reform the nation’s rail safety and chemical oversight as well as lingering toxic exposure concerns will loom over President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to the Ohio town devastated by last year’s train wreck."

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Source: E&E News [47], 02/06/2024
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"The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’ White River" [48]

"Once considered one of the most-polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback?"

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [12]
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Planning & Growth [49]
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Water & Oceans [16]
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Source: Sierra [50], 02/05/2024
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February 21, 2024

SEJ Webinar: How To Use Data From Grist's Land Grab University 2.0 Investigation [51]

In this SEJ webinar, you'll learn how to use state trust land data from Grist's latest project, a follow up to the 2020 High Country News investigation, which examined how land grant institutions got their land and money. We'll show you how to use our data set on Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 1-2pm ET.

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Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War [58]

With the world in the midst of wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, it’s time for journalists to appraise — and report on — the intersection of conflict and the environment, argues the new Backgrounder. That means considering the environment not only as a victim of war, but also as the cause of war and a means of carrying it out.

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