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"Coal: Another Midwest Utility Outlines Plan To Slash Emissions" [1]

"Another large Midwest utility yesterday announced plans to slash carbon emissions and eliminate coal from its fuel mix by 2040."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Source: EnergyWire [6], 02/21/2018
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Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Threatens News Orgs, 1st Amendment [7]

"A harrowing lawsuit poses a serious threat to the First Amendment and press freedom, but it isn’t coming from legal action against a newspaper. Instead, it originates from legal action against environmental advocacy organizations."

Journalism & Media [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Freedom of Press Fdn. [10], 02/21/2018
  • Read more about Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Threatens News Orgs, 1st Amendment [7]

"Fighting Toxics In A Mohawk Community" [11]

"In the face of environmental devastation Mohawks have battled to preserve who they are, confronting state and federal governments and the scientific industrial complex to maintain their homeland".

Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [15], 02/21/2018
  • Read more about "Fighting Toxics In A Mohawk Community" [11]

"Pruitt’s Lead-Reduction Initiative Met With Caution, Optimism" [16]

"Not everyone is convinced that the EPA’s new initiative to reduce childhood lead exposure will yield significant benefits, despite its big launch Feb. 15 with a meeting of Cabinet-level officials at the agency’s headquarters."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [18], 02/21/2018
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"3M, Minnesota Settle Water Pollution Claims For $850 Million" [19]

"Industrial group 3M Co and Minnesota’s attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $850 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney’s office said on Tuesday."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Source: Reuters [23], 02/21/2018
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"State Leaders Push To Take Next Steps On ANWR Drilling" [24]

"Now that Congress has approved drilling in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska’s leaders are eagerly pursuing the next steps needed for oil development."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: KTOO [26], 02/21/2018
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Next Five Years Will Shape Sea Level Rise For The Next 300, Study Says [27]

"The world is far off course from its goals in cutting greenhouse gas emissions — and research published Tuesday illustrates one of the most striking implications of this."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [4]
International [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 02/21/2018
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"Making America Toxic Again" [30]

"Scott Pruitt’s job is to protect the environment. Unfortunately, God has other plans for him."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [14]
Science [31]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Mother Jones [32], 02/21/2018
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Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [33]

Infrastructure is much in the news these days, with battles over politics and funding yielding stories for environment reporters. In play are a Trump plan, who gets to pick projects, who pays and much more. But in an election year, how likely are infrastructure plans to move forward? The backstory, with angles for environment and energy, plus what to watch for in 2018, in our Backgrounder on infrastructure.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [38]
Technology [39]
Transportation [40]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
  • Read more about Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [33]

Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [42]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [44]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [36]
Health [45]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [25]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [38]
Pollution [14]
Technology [39]
Transportation [40]
Waste [41]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
  • Read more about Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [42]

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