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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [1]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
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Public [9]

Florida Lets Sewage Sludge Foul Everglades: Critics [10]

Environmentalists say Florida officials are thwarting a 2-year-old law banning the spreading of sewage sludge on the Everglades.
Pollution [4]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Orlando Sentinel [11], 06/30/2009

Even Mississippi Sediment Won't Save Louisiana Coast [12]

Engineering projects hope to save Louisiana's shrinking coastal wetlands by diverting sediment from the Mississippi River -- but a new study says there is not enough mud in the Mississippi to do the job.
Natural Resources [13]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [14], 06/30/2009

Forum on Media Diversity [15]

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A partnership of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication and the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, the Forum comprises more than 2,000 journal articles and books; a research database of syllabi of diversity courses from approximately 40 universities and colleges around the country; a directory of state ethnic media; and more.

Useful Links [16]
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Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Biodiversity [18]
Journalism & Media [19]

"Keeping Panthers and People from Colliding" [20]

Rebecca Williams reports biologists are trying to figure out how to keep panthers and people from running into each other.
Biodiversity [18]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Environment Report [21], 06/29/2009

Coal Ash Destined for AL Landfill [22]

The landfilling of 3.9 million tons of coal ash from a spill at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant may or may not be a boon to one of Alabama's poorest counties.
Waste [5]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Tuscaloosa News [23], 06/29/2009

"Report: TVA Dikes on 'Verge of Failure' Pre-Spill" [24]

"The earthen dikes supporting a huge coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant were 'on the verge of failure' long before they collapsed and sent tons of toxic muck into a river and lakeside community, an engineering consultant said Thursday."
Disasters [25]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: AP [26], 06/26/2009
July 16, 2009 to July 18, 2009

McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute on the Media and Nuclear Power Issues [27]

All-expense-paid workshop for student (and professional) environmental writers on covering nuclear power--University of Tennessee.
Workshops and Fellowships [28]
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Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]

Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [29]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Military [34]
People & Population [35]
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National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
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Public [9]

Levee-Busting in Louisiana [36]

Two brothers are busting levees to return the Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge to its primeval condition.
Natural Resources [13]
Public [9]
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Source: NYTimes [37], 06/23/2009

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