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"EPA Directs Employees Not to Talk to the Press" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is reminding employees not to engage with members of the media, sending a memorandum this week instructing them to deflect any press inquiries."a

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Government Executive [11], 07/13/2021
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July 28, 2021

SEJ Webinar: Can We Talk? Getting the Story From Biden’s Interior Department [12]

Join SEJ July 28 for a conversation with top aides to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as we explore what access journalists have now to experts and information at Interior and its many bureaus and offices. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. SEJ members only. Not a member? Join us (eligibility requirements apply).

SEJ Regional Conferences [13]
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Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Government [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Policy [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]

Big Oil Keeps A Grip On New Mexico – With The Help Of A Major Lobbyist [21]

"When Joe Biden paused oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands earlier this year, the alarm bells rang in south-eastern New Mexico."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Floodlight [24], 07/12/2021
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Climate Efforts in Massachusetts Clash With Subsidies For Fossil Fuels [25]

"Massachusetts has ambitious climate goals, and not a lot of time to achieve them, which has some clean energy and climate experts questioning why a state program continues to promote fossil fuels with cash incentives for oil and gas home heating systems."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: Boston Globe [28], 07/12/2021
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EPA Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show [29]

"For much of the past decade, oil companies engaged in drilling and fracking have been allowed to pump into the ground chemicals that, over time, can break down into toxic substances known as PFAS — a class of long-lasting compounds known to pose a threat to people and wildlife — according to internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [32], 07/12/2021
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As Climate Change Brings Extreme Heat Events, Human Health Is a Casualty [33]

With heat waves driven by global warming pounding parts of the western United States this summer, environmental journalists mustn’t overlook the toll on especially vulnerable populations, among them disadvantaged groups, the elderly, those in low-income housing and more. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters understand heat’s health effects, track heat-vulnerable populations and clarifies how communities can prepare and prevent the worst public health impacts.

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Climate Change [2]
Consumer [35]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [37]
Infrastructure [38]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [39]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
California [41]
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International [43]
Canada [44]
Europe [45]
Middle East [46]
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Reporters Reveal True Toll From Texas Winter Storm, Outages [47]

A reporting team at BuzzFeed used a powerful array of data analysis techniques to arrive at a disturbing conclusion about the wintery devastation in Texas — there were far more deaths than acknowledged. But their investigation didn’t stop there. They tracked down families of the deceased to understand the human toll and pressured government over its accountability. How they got the story for “The Graveyard Doesn’t Lie.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [48]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Health [37]
Infrastructure [38]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
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Public [9]
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"Maine Bans Offshore Wind From State Waters" [49]

"Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a law yesterday [Wednesday] to permanently bar offshore wind from state waters in a compromise with lobstermen."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: E&E News [50], 07/09/2021
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Haaland Creates Task Force On Interior Law Enforcement After Incidents [51]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is creating a task force aimed at increasing trust in the Interior Department's law enforcement agencies following incidents involving the National Park Service (NPS) law enforcement that have come under public scrutiny."

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [52], 07/08/2021
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Billions In Fishing Subsidies Finance Social, Ecological Harm: Report [53]

"A new report found that the world’s top 10 fishing nations are spending billions of dollars on harmful fishing subsidies to not only exploit their own domestic waters, but to fish in the high seas and the waters of other nations."

Economy & Business [54]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [9]
International [43]
Source: Mongabay [55], 07/08/2021
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