Getting Past the Press Office: A Reporters Guide
Here is a list of resources mentioned in the Oct. 6, 2017, concurrent session on "Working Around PIOs Who Don’t Live Up to Their Titles" at the SEJ Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.
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After 350 Million Piñons Die, Scientists Fear For This Forest’s Future
"Heat, drought, wildfire and insects threaten an iconic pine — and potentially an entire ecosystem — as climate change looms large in the American Southwest".
Source: Ensia, 09/28/2017
"Maryland Sues EPA Over Upwind Air Pollution"
"Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) sued the Trump administration Wednesday to try to force it to take action against out-of-state power plants for their air pollution."
Source: The Hill, 09/28/2017
Park Service Showed That Its Bottled Water Ban Worked — Then Lifted It
"Long before the Trump administration rescinded a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in select national parks, the Interior Department was aware of a report from the National Park Service that the program worked."
Source: Washington Post, 09/28/2017
Pittsburgh: "PWSA Looks At Pipe Coatings To Tackle Lead Problem"
A new technology for coating the inside of lead service pipes could save homeowners money and make expensive replacement unnecessary. It is being tested.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09/28/2017
"Hidden Costs of Climate Change Running Hundreds of Billions a Year"
"A new report warns of a high price tag on the impacts of global warming, from storm damage to health costs. But solutions can provide better value, the authors say."
Source: National Geographic, 09/28/2017
FERC Calls Court's Call for Climate Test of Pipeline "Inappropriate"
"The federal agency overseeing gas pipelines, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issued a nine-page statement Wednesday that says it’s 'inappropriate' for the agency to try to figure out the climate change impact of the controversial Sabal Trail Pipeline."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 09/28/2017
In the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria Drowned What Irma Didn’t Destroy
"As islanders wait for doctors, medicine, fuel and manpower to rebuild, the economic toll from the storms is only starting to come to light."
Source: NY Times, 09/28/2017
"E.P.A. Threatens to Stop Funding Justice Dept. Environmental Work"
"Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator who has aggressively pushed to dismantle regulations and downsize the organization, is threatening to reach outside his agency and undermine the Justice Department’s work enforcing antipollution laws, documents and interviews show."
Source: NY Times, 09/28/2017
Pruitt Took Charter, Military Flights That Cost Taxpayers Over $58,000
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has taken at least four noncommercial and military flights since mid-February, costing taxpayers more than $58,000 to fly him to various parts of the country, according to records provided to a congressional oversight committee and obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 09/28/2017
