"On 'Noble' Journalists And Prizes"
"This year's Pulitzer winners and finalists feature five – count 'em – five environmental entries."
Source: Daily Climate, 05/12/2020
Journalism & Media
NEPA Rollback, EPA Science Rules Threaten Transparency; Plus, Pandemic Press Restrictions?
A long-standing law designed to protect public information about environmental impacts is facing an unfavorable overhaul, while a proposal dictating how EPA uses scientific findings in its rulings is nearing finalization. WatchDog has those items, plus how states are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict press and more.
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Could Combined Sewer Overflows Be a COVID-19 Threat?
For reporters investigating the coronavirus-environment connection, you might look to the untreated sewage that can sometimes overflow municipal systems during wet weather, possibly bringing the novel pathogen to beaches and other places where people can get sick from it. The latest TipSheet takes a look at the reality, plus provides story ideas and reporter resources.
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Yet Another State Quietly Moves To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests
"In March, Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia passed laws restricting pipeline protests. Alabama is poised to become the fourth."
Source: HuffPost, 05/11/2020
"Insect Experts Bugged By Excessive Hype About ‘Murder Hornets’"
"Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee."
Source: AP, 05/08/2020
"Journo Arrested For Reporting On Palm Oil Tycoon’s Alleged Land Grab"
"Activists have condemned the arrest of a journalist in Indonesia for reporting on a land conflict between a palm oil company owned by a powerful tycoon and indigenous groups in Borneo."
Source: Mongabay, 05/08/2020
Trump Tightens Grip On Virus Information As He Pushes To Reopen
"President Trump in recent weeks has sought to block or downplay information about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic as he urges a return to normalcy and the rekindling of an economy that has been devastated by public health restrictions aimed at mitigating the outbreak."
Source: Washington Post, 05/08/2020
"Trump Administration Buries Detailed CDC Advice On Reopening"
"The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak."
Source: AP, 05/08/2020
COVID-19 Data Challenges Can Spark Better Journalism
Reporting the COVID-19 pandemic may mean telling environmental stories, while using the best data to do it. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox spotlights three key resources to capture a detailed look at where and who the coronavirus is striking, and how it connects to the environment: a dashboard, an ambitious data platform and an unheralded tool for uncovering environmental injustice.
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Smokey’s 420 Gets the ‘Dirt’ on Pot Crop
The story of Smokey’s 420, mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective. Plus, why the explosion in the infant business legal cannabis could be bad news for the environment, if left largely unregulated.
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