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Ecuador Expands Protections Around Galápagos, Makes Highway For Sea Life [1]

"The South American government will curb fishing in more than 20,000 square miles of ocean next to the archipelago, which is treasured for its abundance of wildlife".

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 01/19/2022
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Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony [8]

"Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [9]
Source: NYTimes [10], 01/18/2022
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [11]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

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TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [13]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [23]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [24]
California [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
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Public [5]
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EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides [30]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate the potential impact of new pesticide active ingredients on endangered species before registering them, reversing a decades-long policy."

Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Wildlife [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [35], 01/12/2022
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Key National Dam Database Gets Major Upgrade [36]

Tens of thousands of dams around the United States provide important functions — but also represent critical environment or public safety risks. Now, one central resource to help environmental journalists cover these structures has been improved in important ways. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox walks you through the main changes to the National Inventory of Dams, and points out some lingering weaknesses.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [23]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Die-Offs, Melting Ice: Climate Change Is Wreaking Havoc In Arctic Seas [38]

"Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world’s most important fisheries."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [39]
Antarctica & Arctic [9]
Source: LA Times [40], 12/21/2021
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"Volunteers Are Growing Oyster Gardens To Help Restore Reefs" [41]

"It’s time to agitate the oysters at St. Stanislaus High School on Mississippi’s Gulf coast."

Fish & Fisheries [3]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [43], 12/16/2021
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"Report: Interior Oil Program Is Wasteful, Outdated" [44]

"The Interior Department is wasting money and man-hours sifting through paperwork on massive amounts of public lands acreage proposed for potential oil drilling that will never be sold at auction, a new Government Accountability Office report found."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [45], 12/13/2021
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Massive Oil Spill Helped Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years [46]

"Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor."

Fish & Fisheries [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [47]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [48], 12/13/2021
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"Darwin In A Lab: Coral Evolution Tweaked For Global Warming" [49]

"On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef. Minutes later, like clockwork, they see eggs and sperm from spawning coral drifting past their boat. They scoop up the fishy-smelling blobs and put them in test tubes."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [22]
Science [50]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [39]
Source: AP [51], 12/10/2021
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