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Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [1]

The estuaries that proliferate across the United States can be hard to define — and protect. But their role in a healthy environment makes them a crucial focus of good reporting. The latest Issue Backgrounder explores their importance, the many challenges they face, and how to track the agencies and programs meant to protect them.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
California [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
International [27]
Mexico [28]
Visibility: 
Public [29]
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When Disaster Strikes, Building Codes May Make Things Worse [30]

They may not be the sexiest topics on the environmental agenda. But building codes and zoning can become a matter of life and death when natural disasters strike. This week’s TipSheet runs down the reporting challenge when floods, earthquakes and wildfires threaten your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [32]
Disasters [33]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
California [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [29]
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EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [35]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [36]
Air [37]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [38]
Government [9]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [15]
Technology [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
California [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [29]
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Why Is Calif. Rebuilding in Fire Country? Because You’re Paying for It [42]

"After last year’s calamity, officials are making the same decisions that put homeowners at risk in the first place."

Disasters [33]
Government [9]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: Bloomberg [43], 03/05/2018
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"Study: Climate Change Threatens Major Crops in California" [44]

"California currently provides two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts, but according to a new study published Tuesday, by the end of the century California’s climate will no longer be able to support the state’s major crops, including orchards."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [32]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: KQED [45], 03/01/2018
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Judge Orders California Agricultural Officials To Cease Pesticide Use [46]

"A judge has ordered California agricultural officials to stop spraying pesticides on public and private property to control insects that threaten the state’s $45-billion agriculture industry."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [6]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: LA Times [48], 03/01/2018
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"US Judge Blocks Weed-Killer Warning Label In California" [49]

"A U.S. judge blocked California from requiring that the popular weed-killer Roundup carry a label stating that it is known to cause cancer, saying the warning is misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there is no evidence that the product’s main ingredient is a carcinogen."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: AP [50], 02/28/2018
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"Sea Level Rise Threatens to Wipe Out West Coast Wetlands" [51]

"Unless people intervene, U.S. Pacific Coast marshes could vanish as the ocean rises, eliminating wildlife habitat, storm surge protection and carbon storage."

Climate Change [32]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [29]
California [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Source: InsideClimate News [52], 02/23/2018
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"It Could Cost Oakland Schools $38 Million To Fix Lead Contamination" [53]

"Oakland Unified [school district] estimates it will cost $38 million to address high lead levels in water taps at its schools."

Environmental Health [6]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: East Bay Times [54], 02/09/2018
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As Climate Threatens California Redwoods, Salvation May Lie Within [55]

Genetics may be the key to saving California's ancient coastal redwoods from the climate change that threatens them.

Climate Change [32]
Forests [56]
Science [57]
Public [29]
California [20]
Source: Washington Post [58], 02/08/2018
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