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Field Reporting Yields ‘Impact’ for Poaching Package [1]

A freelancer’s coverage of the international wildlife trade won one of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ top journalism awards this year for its combination of “fearless reporting and graceful writing.” SEJournal Online talks with award-winner Rachel Nuwer about the series, the benefits of field reporting and the project’s challenges, such as securing funding, all in the latest Inside Story Q&A. And good news for Inside Story fans — the quarterly feature is now upping its frequency to bi-monthly!

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Inside Story [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [3]

Economy & Business [4]

Journalism & Media [5]

Wildlife [6]

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International [7]

Africa [8]

Asia [9]

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Flood Insurance Reform Remains Key Congressional Task [11]

With flooding from hurricanes and other climate disasters becoming the new normal, badly needed flood insurance reform continues to founder in the halls of Congress. The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in debt, and aid packages are doing little to get people out of flood-prone areas. Congress watchers will keep an eye on new House leadership for insurance solutions, although politically unpalatable rate hikes swamped the big reform. This week’s TipSheet has more on the story, with leads on what to watch in 2019.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [13]

Consumer [14]

Disasters [15]

Economy & Business [4]

Environmental Politics [16]

Government [17]

Laws & Regulations [18]

People & Population [19]

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National (U.S.) [20]

California [21]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]

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#GivingTuesday [25]

Environmental journalists are needed more than ever. Outlets are struggling and staffs are shrinking, while our planet’s problems continue to deepen. This #GivingTuesday, your donations can help the Society of Environmental Journalists shine the brightest light on the darkest corners. Please give now [25].

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CWD Spreads On Deer And Elk Farms As Wisconsin Control Efforts Stumble [26]

"Rapidly growing numbers of cases of chronic wasting disease are appearing on deer and elk farms and hunting ranches in Wisconsin at the same time the state has pulled back on rules and procedures designed to limit the spread of the fatal brain disease among its captive and wild deer."

Agriculture [27]

Environmental Health [28]

Wildlife [6]

Public [10]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]

Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [30], 11/26/2018

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Pruitt’s EPA Rollbacks Stumbled in Court. Wheeler Is More Thorough. [31]

"Before resigning as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency this year, Scott Pruitt delighted President Trump with his zeal for proclaiming sweeping regulatory rollbacks, even though he left behind a trail of courtroom setbacks."

Environmental Health [28]

Environmental Politics [16]

Laws & Regulations [18]

Public [10]

National (U.S.) [20]

Source: NY Times [32], 11/26/2018

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"Leak At Newly-Expanded Delaware River Chemical Plant Jams Highways" [33]

"The Croda chemical plant at Atlas Point on the Delaware River, which was recently expanded by its British owners to produce two tons of hazardous ethylene oxide per hour so the material didn't have to be shipped from Texas by rail, was shut down due to a leak on Sunday afternoon, stopping holiday traffic on I-295 over the Delaware Memorial Bridge and jamming drivers on the direct routes between New York and Washington, D.C."

Chemicals [34]

Disasters [15]

Environmental Health [28]

Public [10]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [35], 11/26/2018

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"California Wildfire That Killed At Least 85 People Fully Contained" [36]

"The deadliest wildfire in California history that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people was 100 percent contained on Sunday, according to state fire officials."

Disasters [15]

Forests [37]

Public [10]

California [21]

Source: Reuters [38], 11/26/2018

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"The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?" [39]

"Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change."

Climate Change [13]

Energy & Fuel [40]

Public [10]

International [7]

Source: NY Times [41], 11/26/2018

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"MD Oyster Population Down by Half Since 1999, Study Finds" [42]

"Watermen overharvested oysters last winter in a little more than half of Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, according to the state’s first-ever stock assessment of the commercially and ecologically valuable shellfish. If those harvest rates continue, the assessment warned, the bivalve population in those areas could eventually be wiped out."

Fish & Fisheries [43]

Public [10]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]

Source: Bay Journal [44], 11/26/2018