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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories [1]

The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Government [5]
Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Nicole Makes Landfall In Florida As Hurricane With Surge, Winds, Flooding [17]

"Nicole made landfall in Florida as a hurricane early Thursday and has now weakened to a tropical storm. Coastal flooding, strong winds, flooding rain and tornadoes are expected along the Southeast coast."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Weather Channel [18], 11/10/2022
January 25, 2023 to January 27, 2023

Media Briefing on Plastics, Petrochemicals and Protecting Cultural Resources [19]

Beyond Plastics, Inclusive Louisiana, the Descendants Project and Louisiana Bucket Brigade are hosting a media briefing in New Orleans for journalists on plastics, petrochemicals, environmental justice and protecting cultural resources. Includes a bus tour of "Cancer Alley." Lodging and meals included if you register by Dec 22.

News Events & Press Conferences [20]
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Public [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [24]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]

Storm Nicole Poses Wind, Rain, Flood Threats To Florida, Southeast [25]

"Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed in the Atlantic and is forecast to push toward the Bahamas, Florida and the Southeast this week. Strong winds, high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, beach erosion and heavy rain are expected along parts of the Eastern Seaboard."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Weather Channel [26], 11/07/2022

"The Marine Lab in the Path of Fury" [27]

"At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Studies [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Hakai [31], 11/03/2022

ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird [32]

The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken [33].

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [35]
Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [37]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [40]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [41]
Science [30]
Wildlife [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Could Biodiversity Be Bee’s Knees for Environmental Journalists This Fall? [45]

While a global gathering on biodiversity this winter will be news in itself, enterprising reporters can also find many biodiversity stories in their own backyards. The latest TipSheet offers insight into the domestic U.S. battle over endangered species, with a tale of a Tennessee dam, and a better understanding of the biodiversity-habitat connection. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [35]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [40]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Forests [47]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [41]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [48]
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Public [16]

"‘It’s Like A Death:’ What It’s Like To Leave One Flood-Prone Community" [49]

"SOCASTEE, S.C. — On the day she would finally move to higher ground, Terri Straka awoke in the neighborhood where she had lived for three decades, but a place steadily becoming less recognizable."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Washington Post [50], 10/25/2022

"U.S. EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Mississippi Capital's Water Crisis" [51]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday opened an investigation into Mississippi state agencies to determine if they violated civil rights in the majority Black city of Jackson in the course of funding of the city's water infrastructure."

Consumer [52]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Reuters [53], 10/21/2022

"Florida Sees Rise In Flesh-Eating Bacteria Amid Ian Concerns" [54]

"Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: AP [55], 10/20/2022

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