"In Secrets of Coral Spawning, Hope for Endangered Reefs"
"At night, just after the full moon, teams of scientists dive beneath the waves to study one of the planet’s most prolific and mysterious rites of reproduction."
Source: NY Times, 06/21/2016
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"Poll Shows Support In West For Coal-Leasing Reform"
"Residents in the western United States support reforming the federal coal-leasing program. "
Source: The Hill, 06/21/2016
"Hot Mess: States Struggle To Deal With Radioactive Fracking Waste"
"Potentially dangerous drilling byproducts are being dumped in landfills throughout the Marcellus Shale with few controls".
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 06/21/2016
"Georgia Power Spending Nearly $2 Billion To Retire Coal Ash Ponds"
"All 29 ponds will be closed within three years. Ash from 16 ponds will go to lined landfills. Impermeable barriers will protect 13 other closed ponds."
Source: Macon Telegraph, 06/21/2016
As Wind Power Lifts Wyoming’s Fortunes, Coal Miners Left in the Dust
"GILLETTE, Wyo. — After Kullin Orcutt lost his job at the Peabody coal mine this spring, he knew what he needed to do: join the exodus. “Leave Gillette, leave the state,” he said."
Source: NY Times, 06/21/2016
Lessons on Lead: Reporting on Drinking Water in Your Community
For environmental and health reporters across the country, the crisis in Flint, Mich., highlighted a long-festering and much larger problem with lead-tainted water, spurring us to ask: What about other places? What about my city?
Beyond the Query: Cultivating Relationships with Editors
Freelancing isn’t all about writing good queries. It’s also about building and sustaining connections between human beings. Dawn Stover has been on both sides of the writer-editor relationship, and shares her lessons learned here.
"Gods and Monsters: Bulldozer Rips Into Ancient Sacred Site"
"A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Te-Moak Band of Western Shoshone’s request for an emergency injunction to stop the destruction of an ancient trail in the Tosawihi Quarries, a 10,000-year-old sacred site."
Source: Indian Country Today, 06/20/2016
"State Agencies Investigating Fish Kill On Black Warrior River"
"The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Alabama Department of Environmental Management are investigating a fish kill on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, in the immediate vicinity of the Gorgas Generating Plant, a coal-fired power plant operated by Alabama Power."
Source: Birmingham News, 06/20/2016
Chicago Public Schools Test For High Lead Levels In Drinking Water
"In the month since Chicago Public Schools started testing water in schools for toxic lead, results have shown elevated levels in more than two dozen buildings with hundreds of schools still to be tested."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 06/20/2016
