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"Appeals Court To Review Halt In Louisiana Pipeline Work" [1]

"A federal appeals court has scheduled a hearing next week to review a judge’s order that halted construction of a crude oil pipeline in a Louisiana swamp."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Source: AP [7], 03/08/2018

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show [8]

"Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as National Monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [11], 03/02/2018

“Yellowstone Migrations” [12]

A photographer undertook an artistic and scientific odyssey that was inspired by an ancient migration now imperiled by human encroachment. His new volume tracks the mythical journeys taken by pronghorn, mule deer and elk through the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. BookShelf reviews Joe Riis’ “Yellowstone Migrations.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [14]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Natural Resources [4]
Science [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [19]

A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [20]
Agriculture [21]
Air [22]
Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [26]
Government [27]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea” [30]

A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [14]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [33]
Planning & Growth [34]
Policy [35]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Mexico [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Abandoned Mines — Stories Beneath Your Feet [41]

They count in the tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands, and each one is a potential story. This week’s TipSheet looks at abandoned mines spread across the United States, many of them polluted, and with few cleanups underway. Find out what’s at stake, and get reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [36]
Waste [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

"Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time" [44]

"For the community of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when — and how much the public should invest in artificially extending its life."

Climate Change [45]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Source: NY Times / NOLA.com [46], 02/26/2018

"Sea Level Rise Threatens to Wipe Out West Coast Wetlands" [47]

"Unless people intervene, U.S. Pacific Coast marshes could vanish as the ocean rises, eliminating wildlife habitat, storm surge protection and carbon storage."

Climate Change [45]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [5]
California [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: InsideClimate News [50], 02/23/2018

Fossils Found At Bears Ears — Right Where Trump Removed Protections [51]

"One of the world's richest troves of Triassic-period fossils has been discovered in an area of Bears Ears National Monument that just lost its protected status, scientists announced Thursday. President Trump signed a proclamation in December that shrank the national monument by 85 percent."

Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Science [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [52], 02/23/2018

"America’s Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think" [53]

"A small city in remote Alaska is working to reduce contamination from the nearby Red Dog Mine."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [15]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [36]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: National Geographic [54], 02/22/2018

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