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Making News When Your Ship (Tracker) Has Come In [1]

It may be time to dive into the deep end of the ocean for environmental stories, where big vessels and small are often involved in spills, illegal fishing or more. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks into emerging ship-tracker services that offer data to help trace the source of environmental damage, and that can help create some eye-popping visuals.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Middle East [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [15]

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.

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BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
International [12]
Asia [24]
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Public [14]
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As Regulations Roll Back, Could Clean Water Protection Business Dry Up? [25]

"Many business interests are cheering President Trump's recent rollback of water regulations put in place by the Obama administration. But companies that make money protecting clean water could take a big hit."

Economy & Business [4]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NPR [27], 02/03/2020
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"They’re Stealthy at Sea, but They Can’t Hide From the Albatross" [28]

"There’s a lot of ocean out there, and boats engaging in illegal fishing or human trafficking have good reason to hide." "Researchers outfitted 169 seabirds with radar detectors to pinpoint vessels that had turned off their transponders."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Technology [29]
Public [14]
International [12]
Source: NY Times [30], 01/29/2020
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Enviros Plan Suit On Endangered Species Harm From Bonnet Carre Spillway [31]

"Two environmental groups are threatening to file suit against the Army Corps of Engineers, the Mississippi River Commission and the Interior Department for failing to evaluate the impact of repeatedly opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [3]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [33]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [35], 01/29/2020
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Crab Larvae Off Northwest Suffer Shell Damage From Ocean Acidification [36]

"Ocean acidification is damaging the shells of young Dungeness crab in the Northwest, an impact that scientists did not expect until much later this century, according to new research."

Climate Change [32]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: Seattle Times [38], 01/29/2020
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Florida Gulf Fish Farm Could Be Bellwether, But Not Without A Fight [39]

"If Neil Anthony Sims gets his way, he'll make history by opening a fish farm 40 miles off of Florida's west coast, where his company will begin raising 20,000 almaco jack fingerlings in a floating pen 130 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Greenwire [40], 01/28/2020
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"Clean Water Act: Final WOTUS Rule Drains Wetland Protections" [41]

"A final rule unveiled by the Trump administration today eliminates Clean Water Act protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands and more than 18% of streams."

Agriculture [42]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Greenwire [43], 01/24/2020
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Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [44]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [45]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [46]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [32]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [20]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Health [49]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
Policy [51]
Pollution [8]
Science [52]
Transportation [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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Dead Birds Washing Up by the 1000s Send a Warning About Climate Change [53]

"A new study unravels the mystery of what caused so many of these normally resilient seabirds to starve amid an ocean heat wave fueled in part by global warming."

Climate Change [32]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: InsideClimate News [54], 01/17/2020
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