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Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [1]

Long-standing disputes over exploitation of public lands bubble over as the Trump administration advances campaign promises to ease restrictions on energy development. A special TipSheet, part of our 2018 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment, has resources for covering public lands-related issues as they play out in the coming year.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
California [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [19]

Trump Appointee To Head Southwest Region Is a Climate Change Doubter [20]

"When the Trump administration announced the appointment of Anne Idsal as the new regional EPA administrator, Adrian Shelley, the director of Public Citizen Texas, had just one thought: Who?"

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [21]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Texas Observer [22], 12/29/2017

"The Taking" [23]

"The federal government’s boldest land grab in a generation produced the first border wall — and a trail of abuse, mistakes and unfairness."

Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [24]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: ProPublica/Texas Tribune [25], 12/18/2017

Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [26]

Almost a dozen investigations are underway at the U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, including of unusual travel, private sector connections and staff/advisory panel moves. This week's TipSheet runs down the probes in detail, and offers resources for coverage of developments in 2018.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [27]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [11]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
Visibility: 
Public [19]

"EPA: Texas Official, Former Hill Aide To Helm Dallas Office" [30]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has picked Anne Idsal, a well-connected Texas state official, to lead the agency's Region 6 office."

Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Greenwire [31], 12/12/2017

Oklahoma Military Sites Cleanup Will Cost $677 Million, Last Until 2099 [32]

"A government program to clean up 503 contaminated military sites across Oklahoma will have cost an estimated $677 million by the time it concludes at the end of the century, Department of Defense records show."

Military [33]
Pollution [34]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Oklahoman [35], 12/04/2017

For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [36]

Trying to figure out the air quality in your coverage area? The EPA may not be much help. But this week's TipSheet suggests some effective work-arounds for your reporting. Get the backstory on ozone standards, tips on how to track ozone "nonattainment" for your area and learn why smog matters so much to public health.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [37]
Chemicals [38]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [11]
Pollution [34]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
California [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [19]

"Tribal Leaders Take Aim At Oil And Gas Development" [43]

"Native American activists and tribal leaders from around New Mexico are joining the chorus of environmentalists who have been fighting for years to stop oil and gas development."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: AP [45], 11/22/2017
December 1, 2017

Deadline: IJNR's Lower Colorado River Institute [46]

Journalists, come find out about resource allocation, agriculture, environmental justice, development, climate, border politics and more during this Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources trip, February 17-24, 2018, to Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico. Apply by Dec 1.

Workshops and Fellowships [47]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
California [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Mexico [49]

Arkema Documents Show Planning, Mechanical Failures Led To Chemical Fires [50]

"Prior to the chemical fire at its Crosby plant, Arkema underestimated the potential for storm damage and failed to keep essential backup power protected from rising floodwaters, documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle show."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [44]
Pollution [34]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Houston Chronicle [51], 11/16/2017

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