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Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [1]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
International [22]
Canada [23]
Visibility: 
Public [24]
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"A New Study Finds Children's Blood Lead Levels In Flint Are Declining" [25]

"Blood lead levels in Flint children are declining, according to a new study."

Environmental Health [9]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Michigan Radio [26], 03/27/2018
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"Kasich Administration Declares Lake Erie Open Waters As Impaired" [27]

"The Kasich administration — after years of resistance on behalf of agriculture — announced Thursday it will declare the open waters of western Lake Erie as impaired, marking a reversal on what has arguably been northwest Ohio’s most contentious water-policy issue."

Agriculture [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Toledo Blade [28], 03/23/2018
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"Taxpayers To Foot Bill For Toxic Waste At River Refuge" [29]

"TRENTON, Mich. — State taxpayers will be on the hook for the clean up of old barrels holding toxic chemicals as well as contaminated soil discovered along the Detroit River at the site of the former Chrysler Corp. Trenton Chemical Plant, officials say."

Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [18]
Waste [30]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Detroit News [31], 03/23/2018
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March 23, 2018

DEADLINE: "Covering Extreme Weather" Workshop [32]

Journalists and environmental communicators are invited to this free workshop on April 7, 2018 in Detroit, co-sponsored by MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and Wayne State University. Space is limited. Register by Mar 23.

Workshops and Fellowships [33]
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Public [24]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]

SEJ's 28th Annual Conference Speakers [34]

Find biographies (or links thereto) of speakers for SEJ's 28th Annual Conference, October 3-7, 2018, in Flint, Michigan, as well as the sessions they're participating in.

Topics on the Beat: 
Air [35]
Visibility: 
Public [24]
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"Feds Reject Michigan Permit For Mine Near Sensitive Tribal Waters" [36]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has objected to a wetland permit for the proposed Back Forty Mine in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula near the Wisconsin border."

Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: EHN [37], 03/20/2018
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Are Combined Sewer Overflows Causing Pollution in Your Local Waters? [38]

Decades after the nation’s capital began its historic cleanup, sanitary sewage still occasionally swamps the Potomac River. Are sewage systems also dumping human waste and other pollutants into waterways near you? This week’s TipSheet has the background on the problem of combined sewage overflow, as well as resources for finding out what’s happening near you.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [9]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Visibility: 
Public [24]
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"Wolves Restoration Moves A Step Closer On Isle Royale" [42]

"The last two surviving wolves on Isle Royale might soon get 20 to 30 new neighbors, after the National Park Service advanced a wolf reintroduction plan Friday for the wilderness island on Lake Superior."

Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [43]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [44], 03/19/2018
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Wisconsin Wants Break From Ozone Rules In Advance Of Foxconn [45]

"Despite evidence that southeast Wisconsin is violating new and tougher emissions standards for smog, state officials are asking the Trump administration to set aside a recent federal finding and conclude the state is complying with the law."

Air [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [18]
Public [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [46], 03/13/2018
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