"He Was Supposed To Protect The Sea. Then He Vanished From His Ship"
"Day after day, Keith Davis stood at the rail of the cargo ship, watching a fleet of rusty long-liners off-load tuna, marlin and other fish."
Source: Reveal, 02/22/2017
Laws & Regulations
"Deadline Looms For Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp"
"As dawn breaks over an encampment that was once home to thousands of people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a few hundred holdouts rise for another day of resistance."
Source: AP, 02/22/2017
"Trump Seeks To Quell Ethanol Industry Worry As Pruitt Enters EPA"
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday assured ethanol industry advocates of their importance in U.S. energy strategy in an apparent bid to quell concerns over potential changes to policies that mandate the use of such renewable fuels."
Source: Reuters, 02/22/2017
"20% of Dams In Populated Areas Lack Emergency Plan"
"As the nation's 84,000 dams continue to age, a growing number of people downstream are at risk, experts say."
Source: USA TODAY, 02/22/2017
"Skin Deep: Feeding the Global Lust for Leather"
"Leather processing is big business in Bangladesh, India, and other parts of the developing world, where regulations are lax and poisons run freely."
Source: Undark, 02/21/2017
"Everglades Restoration Alliance Teeters As Fla. Plans Refuge Takeover"
"LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. — Florida water managers are preparing to evict the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this summer from a swath of Everglades that it's managed for 66 years."
Source: Greenwire, 02/21/2017
Trump To Roll Back Obama Climate, Water Rules Through Executive Action
"President Trump is preparing executive orders aimed at curtailing Obama-era policies on climate and water pollution, according to individuals briefed on the measures."
Source: Washington Post, 02/21/2017
As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond
Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?
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Toxics Database a Key Tool for Environmental Journalists
The Toxics Release Inventory has long been a vital reporting tool, and now there's a new edition of the database, issued last month by the outgoing Obama administration. Reporter's Toolbox walks you through how to smartly mine TRI for stories, whether you're a newbie or a veteran. Plus, TRI caveats.
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"Politics-Wary Scientists Wade into the Trump Fray at Boston Rally"
"Hundreds of scientists put aside their habitual wariness toward political activity and rallied over the weekend in Boston’s Copley Square, with many saying the Trump administration has left them no choice."
Source: Scientific American, 02/20/2017
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