"Wheeler On Climate: 'I Don't See It As The Existential Threat'"
"Climate change isn't an "existential threat," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said yesterday."
Source: Greenwire, 03/06/2019
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Perfecting Your Panorama Technique
In this how-to, veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick shares new techniques for capturing panoramas from the air — while on commercial plane flights — in order to illustrate human impacts on the landscape. Plus, Dimick details how and why he developed the new approach, in our latest EJ InSight column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment.
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Capturing a Planet on the Fly
Capturing panoramas from the air has become a passion for veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick. In the latest EJ InSight, our new column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment, Dimick describes how he visualizes the expanding human footprint of the emergent Anthropocene era — by shooting from commercial airplane flights. Plus, Dimick shares his techniques in a how-to sidebar.
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Where Does All That Recycling Go?
Where do all those recyclables actually go? This week’s TipSheet dives into the trash to find a story worth telling — of troubling overseas dumping, problematic local incineration and a fraying patchwork of U.S. regulation. Plus, several dozen questions you might want to ask, a pair of pro tips and a dozen resources to track the story in your area.
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"Plastic Mardi Gras Beads Could Soon Be A Thing Of The Past"
"The iconic New Orleans party favors are getting an eco-friendly makeover."
Source: HuffPost, 03/05/2019
"Politics: A Look Into Big Oil's Fight Against Electric Cars"
"Last November, oil industry representatives huddled with conservative state lawmakers at a hotel a few blocks from the White House. The gathering was a covert affair. Reporters were barred from the room. Attendees cast votes in secret."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/05/2019
Watchdog Says Political Appointees Delayed EPA Toxic Chemical Assessments
"A top government watchdog reported that political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency delayed reviews of toxic chemicals like formaldehyde for months last year during a review to see if the agency’s work met the leadership’s priorities."
Source: ABC News, 03/05/2019
"Chemicals: Frustrated By EPA, States Blaze Ahead On PFAS"
"EPA's action plan on toxic chemicals found in drinking water did not satisfy several states that plan to push forward with their own policies."
Source: Greenwire, 03/05/2019
"Oil And Gas: Deadly Pipelines, No Rules"
"Delaney Tercero, 3, was sitting on her family's couch with her father and sister that summer day. Her mother was doing laundry. They didn't know a pipeline with a dime-sized hole a few yards from their front door was filling their mobile home with raw natural gas."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/05/2019
Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of US Coal Plants, Tests Show
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast. "
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/05/2019
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