Environmental Justice

"The Last Free River Of Manitoba"

"The Seal River is Manitoba’s only major waterway that hasn’t been dammed — and five Indigenous communities have banded together to keep it that way by establishing a protected area".

"A five-year-old Stephanie Thorassie sat in front of her father on his snowmobile, nestled between his legs as he drove away from their home in Tadoule Lake, Man. They went over two hills before descending to a beach. Thorassie was stunned.

“On the beach, there were thousands of caribou — right behind my house!” she said, reminiscing about her childhood in the 1990s.

Source: The Narwhal, 11/18/2020

"Shingle Mountain"

"Marsha Jackson didn’t go to the mountain. The mountain came to her. ... The mountain is human-made — an environmental nightmare of discarded roofing shingles stretching more than a city block. Even though it’s an illegal toxic waste dump on the edge of a neighborhood, it took months of pressure to get city officials to even acknowledge its existence and finally make plans to take it down."

Source: Washington Post, 11/18/2020

"Danly To Cancel FERC Press Briefings"

"Newly appointed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman James Danly (R) has canceled the agency's monthly media briefings and will not take interviews with the press, according to an announcement yesterday that drew criticism from advocates for government transparency."

Source: E&E News, 11/17/2020

Libro Periodismo Ambiental en América Latina y el Caribe: Botiquín de Superación

Escrito por Talli Nauman, una fundadora de la Red Mexicana de Periodistas Ambientales, con el apoyo del International Center for Journalists, 2019. El libro está disponible a la venta en la Rempa.

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December 2, 2020 to December 3, 2020

IJNR Virtual Workshop for Journalists: The Gulf of Mexico

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications for a two-day virtual workshop investigating the ecology, economy and more of the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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