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Funding To Replace Lead Pipes Is Just the Start of the Story [1]

Billions of dollars in federal funding to get rid of lead pipes is only the beginning — now the pipes have to be located, removed and replaced. And the latest TipSheet says that’s a story that’s found in many U.S. communities, so is ripe for local reporting. Here’s the backstory and why it matters, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [2]
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Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
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Public [16]

2023 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner: Christy George [17]

The David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award annually recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2023 Stolberg award goes to Christy George, who joined SEJ in 1997. Christy chaired three annual conferences (two in person and one virtual), including this year's in Boise, and has been an SEJ mentor five times. She embodies the SEJ spirit of collaboration, always helping colleagues, always giving something back and clearly, that spirit becomes contagious.

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Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [18]

As hurricane season ramps up, how are the disaster planners considering those with disabilities in your community? Texas-based journalist Greg Harman shares the story of one group that sued their city over claims it failed to properly prepare. And he extracts some rules of thumb to help determine if emergency planners are taking those with disabilities into consideration where you are.

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Features [19]
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Activism [20]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [25]
Policy [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
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Rachel Carson Environment Book Award: SEJ 22nd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment [29]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award winners of the 2023 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. See what environmental reading you'll want on your nightstand next and hear from the first-place winner.

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"Malaria Is On The Ropes In Bangladesh. But The Parasite Is Punching Back" [30]

"The soft footfalls of thousands of moccasins along unpaved rural roads across Bangladesh could be considered the soundtrack to this country's astonishing success in its battle against malaria."

Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
Asia [31]
Source: NPR [32], 09/22/2023

"FERC Granted Partial Win in Suit Seeking Commissioner Calendars" [33]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got a mixed ruling in a lawsuit from a fossil-fuel friendly nonprofit seeking the calendars of two Democratic commissioners."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 09/22/2023

"Tribes Seek Energy Control Using Tiny Power Grids Backed by US" [36]

"The power regularly cuts out on the 500-member Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, throwing the reservation’s casino, community center, and homes into the dark."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [9]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 09/22/2023

"EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough" [38]

"The US government’s own scientists on Thursday questioned whether corn-based ethanol is better for the environment than traditional petroleum-based fuels, nearly two decades after Congress first mandated its use."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [24]
Science [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Green [41], 09/22/2023

"The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say" [42]

"Heads of climate-vulnerable nations gathered on the sidelines of a United Nations climate summit to call for new policies and agreements to manage the millions of people who are being forced from their homes by extreme weather."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [4]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
International [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 09/22/2023

Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency Over Proposed Hydrogen Hub [45]

"Environmentalists and others want specifics on how such a hub would benefit historically polluted communities and help arrest climate change. The Department of Energy plans to help finance as many as 10 across the country."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 09/22/2023

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