"Quarter of World’s Seafood Caught Using Destructive Bottom-Trawling"
"A quarter of the world’s seafood caught in the ocean is collected through bottom-trawling, a method that harms seafloor ecosystems."
Source: Independent, 10/09/2018
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"Ohio Residents Fed Up with Fracking Wastewater"
"Much of the wastewater from Pennsylvania’s fracking industry is trucked across the border to Ohio. Last year, Pennsylvania and West Virginia contributed nearly half of the more than a billion gallons of frack waste that were injected into underground wells in Ohio. Residents in at least one county say they’ve had enough."
Source: Allegheny Front, 10/09/2018
"Elon Musk Donates $480,000 To Bring Clean Water To Flint Schools"
"All 12 Flint, Michigan, school buildings plus the school administration headquarters will have ultraviolet water filtration systems installed thanks to a donation by tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Musk Foundation."
Source: HuffPost, 10/09/2018
"Zinke Extends Mining Ban Near Yellowstone"
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke acted Monday to ban mining in a 30,000-acre spot near Yellowstone National Park, saying it’s not an appropriate spot for mineral extraction."
Source: The Hill, 10/09/2018
Trump To Loosen Ethanol Rules, Aiding Anxious Farmers Before Midterms
"When President Trump visits Iowa on Tuesday he will unveil a pro-ethanol perk aimed at soothing corn and soybean farmers in the heartland made anxious by his decision to impose tariffs on China, a move that kicked off a trade dispute with a major buyer of American agricultural products."
Source: NY Times, 10/09/2018
As Storms Keep Coming, FEMA Spends Billions in Cycle of Damage, Repair
"In the exact spot where Hurricane Katrina demolished the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, a new $105 million jail now hovers 19 feet above the marsh, perched atop towering concrete pillars. Described by a state official as the “Taj Mahal” of Louisiana corrections, it has so much space that one of every 27 parish residents could bunk there."
Source: NY Times, 10/09/2018
"Hurricane Michael: Major Storm Bears Down on Florida Panhandle"
"Hurricane Michael raced toward the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday, threatening to bring the ferocious rains and winds of a powerful tropical cyclone to the coast and hundreds of miles inland."
Source: NY Times, 10/09/2018
"Conservatives Stake Claim On New Supreme Court"
"Conservative lawyers are mapping out the next environmental battles they want to wage before the newly constituted Supreme Court."
Source: Greenwire, 10/09/2018
Between the Lines: From News to Nest, Veteran Reporter Follows Seabirds' 'Improbable Quest'
Pulitzer Prize finalist Derrick Jackson had written about everything from sports to politics. But then as his interest in the environment began to grow, he had a close encounter with some threatened puffin chicks that became a defining long-term project. Our latest “Between the Lines” author Q&A explores how this newsman and columnist came to co-author and photograph “Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock.”
Incinerators Offer Local Journalists Some Burning Issues
Incinerators — there may be fewer of them these days, but it’s likely there’s still one near you and it’s probably polluting the air. How a cheap method to make garbage go away now has become a problem of its own, one that often sparks debates over environmental justice. This week’s Tipsheet has a quick rundown on incinerator regulation, outlines key problem areas and offers resources for reporting your own local incinerator story.
