"Renewable Energy Measure Ahead In Nevada"
"Nevada voters are favoring taking the first step toward requiring their energy providers to get at least half of their electricity from renewable sources."
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/07/2018
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Colorado Voters Reject Measure Setting Larger Setbacks For Oil And Gas
"[Colorado] Proposition 112, the initiative that would dramatically increase oil and gas drilling setbacks from homes, businesses and waterways, was decisively defeated Tuesday night following a contentious campaign in which the industry spent tens of millions of dollars to derail the measure."
Source: Denver Post, 11/07/2018
"Wyoming Laws Aimed At Trespassing Activists Struck Down"
"Two Wyoming laws that prohibit trespassing to collect environmental data violate the U.S. Constitution’s free-speech protections, a judge ruled in siding with two environmental groups and a news photographer association."
Source: AP, 10/31/2018
"Mining: 'Pioneering' Plan For Scarred Idaho Tract May Rock Industry"
"YELLOW PINE, Idaho — Twenty-five miles out, the road turns to gravel and follows a creek to the closest thing to a speck of a town in what might be the most remote place in the Lower 48."
Source: Greenwire, 10/26/2018
Environment Issues Figure in Many 2018 Mid-Term Races, Ballots
Climate, environment and energy issues figure prominently in the upcoming Nov. 6 elections, whether in individual races, ballot measures or significant power shifts. This week’s TipSheet provides starting points to track relevant races, and runs down 11 big environmental ballots, ranging from measures like a carbon tax in Washington state and drilling ban in Florida, to tight congressional races in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia.
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Water Around Utah Uranium Mill Grows More Polluted, Impacts Nearby Town
"There once was a time when the children of White Mesa played outdoors without their parents fearing for their health."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 10/23/2018
SEJ's 29th Annual Conference, Fort Collins, CO, Oct. 9-13, 2019
Environmental Journalism 2019 was hosted by Colorado State University. See the agenda. Most sessions were audio-recorded and are posted on our conference coverage page.
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Coal Ash Ruling Will Generate Piles of State-level News
Now that a top court has tossed out parts of coal ash disposal rules, also in question is a planned loosening under the Trump EPA. That means potential state-level stories on how this coal combustion byproduct may threaten environmental health and water supplies. This week’s TipSheet runs down the issue and suggests resources and questions to ask.
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Veteran Photo Editor on Making Visual Storytelling a ‘Lead Actor’
Visual storytelling can serve as a primary narrative tool, especially when it comes to human impacts on the environment. That’s the case made by acclaimed former National Geographic photo editor Dennis Dimick in this feature interview, that delves into his unexpected journalistic career.
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Disappearing ‘Climate,’ EPA FOIA Surge, Pipeline Docs Ruling and More
A reporter reveals that the National Park Service is deleting references to climate change in an upcoming study of sea level rise, and FOIA requesters are behind a record surge in information lawsuits involving Pruitt EPA. That, plus Keystone XL Pipeline documents and more, in the latest WatchDog.
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