Poisoned Wildlife and Meat: Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets
"Many hunters are ditching traditional ammunition amid mounting evidence that it harms scavengers and pollutes the food people eat."
Source: NY Times, 11/26/2018
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Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News
What will a divided Congress mean for environment and energy issues? This week’s TipSheet explores the question by looking at the Democrats who will now lead key House committees once the new Congress is seated next year. Take a lightning tour of a half-dozen top panels, their anticipated leadership and the issues they tackle, including drinking water safety, environmental justice and climate change, infrastructure, science policy, natural resources and more.
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"Fast-Rising Demand for Air Conditioning Is Adding to Global Warming"
"With window units set to more than triple by 2050, home air conditioning is on pace to add half a degree Celsius to global warming this century, a new report says."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/12/2018
"How to Turbocharge Flu Protection (Llamas Required)"
"A giant antibody created in the laboratory shielded mice against dozens of flu strains, offering new hope against a winter misery."
"The oncoming flu season has claimed its first lives, among them a child in Florida who had not gotten a flu shot.
This year’s vaccine significantly reduces the odds of getting sick — and you should get one now if you haven’t already — but it’s far from perfect.
Source: NY Times, 11/02/2018
Will Hackers Crash U.S. Energy, Environment Infrastructure?
The vulnerability of critical U.S. infrastructure to cyberattacks has been a growing worry for years, as electric utilities, drinking water systems, chemical plants, nuclear plants, pipelines and more are the target of a burgeoning cadre of hackers. But for environmental and other journalists focused on the story, another problem has emerged: The secrecy that has long been part of the U.S. cybersecurity policy. In this comprehensive Backgrounder, SEJournal takes a look at the risk, the response and the resources to let reporters go deep on cyber warfare as an energy and environment story.
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Too Late To Wait for Covering Infrastructure Vulnerability, Resilience
Could U.S. infrastructure go from being a saver of lives to a bringer of disaster? Yes, warns our latest Issue Backgrounder, which looks at vulnerabilities for our drinking water supply, sewage systems, flood control, power grids, pipelines, refineries and even hospitals. Are environmental reporters paying enough attention? Here’s why they should, with suggestions on how to go about it.
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"What on Earth? Why Climate Change Skeptics Are Backing Geoengineering"
"Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip of Alaska, to sprinkle reflective sand on a frozen lake to try to stop it from melting."
Source: Reveal, 03/26/2018
Tribe: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can't Detect All Spills
"The Standing Rock Tribe argues in a report that thousands of barrels of oil a day could leak into the Missouri River and not be detected by the company's equipment."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/13/2018
EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories
As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.
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