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"New Atlas of Bird Migration Shows Extraordinary Journeys"

"A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey. The tiny songbird flies nearly 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) between Canada’s spruce forests and its wintering grounds in northern South America."

Source: AP, 09/16/2022
September 30, 2022

DEADLINE: World Science Forum 2022 Media for Social Justice Fellowships

"Science-interested" journalists anywhere in the world are invited to apply for an expenses-paid fellowship to attend this year's forum in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec 3-10, with flight reimbursement taking place on-site at WSF2022. Apply by Sep 30.

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November 30, 2023

DEADLINE: 4th World Media Lab

This year-long, expenses-paid fellowship is for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, offering artist development workshops (and $10,000 grant), training and networking at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival. Apply by Nov 30, 2023.

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"U.S. House Democrats Probe PR Firms' Work For Oil, Gas Companies"

"Public relations firms go beyond their traditional task of marketing to help their oil and gas clients fight off climate policies and mislead the public about climate change, U.S. congressional Democrats said at a hearing on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 09/15/2022

"Why Heat Wave Warnings Are Falling Short In The U.S."

"In July 1995, weather reports in Chicago started warning residents about an incoming heat wave. It was going to be hot — around 100 degrees — but nothing that was unheard of for a Chicago summer. That heat wave turned out to be one of the deadliest in recorded U.S. history."

Source: NPR, 09/14/2022

"EPA Beats Challenge to New Freedom of Information Act Process"

"The Environmental Protection Agency defeated claims brought over changes it made to its internal policies for handling Freedom of Information Act requests, after a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled that the changes wouldn’t slow down requests or subject them to political interference."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/14/2022

"FEMA Removes Data Showing Drop In Flood Insurance Policies"

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed publicly available records from its website that showed hundreds of thousands of people had dropped their federal flood insurance policies in recent months."

Source: E&E News, 09/13/2022

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