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February 1, 2019

DEADLINE: ICN’s Environmental Reporting Workshop for Midwest Journalists [1]

InsideClimate News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national nonprofit newsroom, will hold a free, two-day training for about ~12 winning applicants from March 7-8, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop will be focused on business journalism and center on covering the clean-energy economy in the Midwest. Deadline is Feb 1.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [7]

A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers [8]

"The children fell ill, one by one, with cancers that few families in this suburban Indianapolis community had ever heard of. An avid swimmer struck down by glioblastoma, which grew a tumor in her brain. Four children with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Fifteen children with acute lymphocytic leukemia, including three cases diagnosed in the past year."

Chemicals [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: NY Times [14], 01/03/2019
  • Read more about A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers [8]

Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening,  Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [15]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

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WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Agriculture [18]
Air [19]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
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Public [3]
  • Read more about Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening,  Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [15]

Detroit School Leader’s Reaction To Lead In Water: Shut Off The Taps [32]

"The results landed on Nikolai Vitti’s desk on a late summer afternoon, days before Detroit’s nearly 50,000 public school students would return to class. The findings were definitive and disturbing: In initial tests, two-thirds of schools showed alarming levels of lead in the water."

Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Washington Post [33], 12/20/2018
  • Read more about Detroit School Leader’s Reaction To Lead In Water: Shut Off The Taps [32]

"Wetlands, Lakes Would Lose Protections Under Michigan Bill" [34]

"Michigan legislators were poised Tuesday to remove legal protections from many of the state’s wetlands and other inland waterways, which provide wildlife habitat and perform vital tasks such as preventing floods."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: AP [36], 12/19/2018
  • Read more about "Wetlands, Lakes Would Lose Protections Under Michigan Bill" [34]

The Renewables Revolution — A Renewable Source of News for Year Ahead [37]

The upward trends for renewable energy sources like wind and solar are a sure source of news for 2019, even if challenging political, economic and technical obstacles remain. This week’s TipSheet explains why, plus suggests stories to look for, notes the points of possible contention and offers a range of reporting resources to turn to.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [41]
Policy [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
California [43]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
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Public [3]
  • Read more about The Renewables Revolution — A Renewable Source of News for Year Ahead [37]

Snyder Signs Line 5 Tunnel Bill, Makes Appointments, With Record Speed [44]

"LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Wednesday to create a new authority to oversee a proposed Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac and named a top aide, an academic and a labor leader as its three members."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [23]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Detroit Free Press [45], 12/14/2018
  • Read more about Snyder Signs Line 5 Tunnel Bill, Makes Appointments, With Record Speed [44]

"Clean Water Act: Still More Wetlands, Streams Could Lose Protection" [46]

"The Trump administration's proposal for limiting Clean Water Act oversight of some wetlands and waterways is open for edits."

Disasters [47]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Greenwire [48], 12/14/2018
  • Read more about "Clean Water Act: Still More Wetlands, Streams Could Lose Protection" [46]

PFAS Levels In Ann Arbor Drinking Water Spiked And City Isn’t Sure Why [49]

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

Chemicals [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Ann Arbor News [50], 12/12/2018
  • Read more about PFAS Levels In Ann Arbor Drinking Water Spiked And City Isn’t Sure Why [49]

Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [51]

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 [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Air [19]
Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [22]
Health [52]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [53]
California [43]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
International [54]
Mexico [55]
Central America & the Caribbean [56]
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Public [3]
  • Read more about Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [51]

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