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PFAS Levels In Ann Arbor Drinking Water Spiked And City Isn’t Sure Why [1]

"ANN ARBOR, MI – PFAS levels in Ann Arbor’s drinking water spiked in October and city officials aren’t sure why."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Ann Arbor News [9], 12/12/2018
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [10]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
Air [13]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
California [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
International [31]
Mexico [32]
Central America & the Caribbean [33]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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In 2019, PFAS Chemicals Will Show Up in Drinking Water … and Headlines [34]

The vast and widely used PFAS family of chemicals is causing serious worries across the country, as it turns up in more and more drinking water systems. Pressure to regulate it is also growing, but with mixed results. This week’s TipSheet offers a detailed look-ahead on this big, developing story, with a walk-through of the context, what the EPA is (and isn’t) doing, and why states are stepping up.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
Air [13]
Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [37]
Pollution [5]
Science [38]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about In 2019, PFAS Chemicals Will Show Up in Drinking Water … and Headlines [34]

"Environmental Groups Sue State To Block Approval of PolyMet" [39]

"Environmental groups have gone to court to challenge the state's decision last month to grant two key permits for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine near the Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: MPR [41], 12/04/2018
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"Businesses Discharging PFAS into Michigan's Waterways" [42]

"Michigan businesses are discharging high levels of PFAS that move into the state's waterways on a daily basis."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: MLive [43], 11/30/2018
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"Cost Of Keeping Asian Carp From Great Lakes Nearly Triples" [44]

"Fortifying an Illinois waterway to prevent invasive carp from using it as a path to Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners previously thought, according to an updated report."

Fish & Fisheries [45]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: AP [46], 11/29/2018
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"Minnesota Electric Co-Ops Fail To Disclose Info Online" [47]

"Finding out where Minnesota electric cooperatives get their power from requires more legwork than simply logging on to a website."

Energy & Fuel [48]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: AP [49], 11/27/2018
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CWD Spreads On Deer And Elk Farms As Wisconsin Control Efforts Stumble [50]

"Rapidly growing numbers of cases of chronic wasting disease are appearing on deer and elk farms and hunting ranches in Wisconsin at the same time the state has pulled back on rules and procedures designed to limit the spread of the fatal brain disease among its captive and wild deer."

Agriculture [51]
Environmental Health [3]
Wildlife [52]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [53], 11/26/2018
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Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [54]

Bears, particularly the plentiful black bears that are the source of much human-bear conflict, can serve as a opening to larger environmental stories, such as habitat destruction and the challenges of the “wildland-urban interface.” This week’s TipSheet has some of the good news/bad news on bears, with story ideas and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [55]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [20]
Wildlife [52]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
California [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
International [31]
Canada [56]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [54]

"EPA Plans Soil Removal At Lead-Tainted Indiana Complex" [58]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with plans for a 2-foot-deep removal of lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil at the site of a northwestern Indiana public housing that’s been evacuated and demolished over health concerns."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: AP [59], 11/13/2018
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