Reporter Who Revealed Deforestation In Cambodia Now Charged Himself
"A journalist who covered the land grab and deforestation of a community forest by a mining company has himself been charged with deforestation."
Source: Mongabay, 09/30/2024
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We Made An Emergency Alert Guide To Help Calif. Make One For Your State.
"CalMatters and The Markup reported on how residents in each of California’s 58 counties can sign up for local emergency alerts, and found a few surprises along the way. Here’s how you can build the same guide in your state."
Source: CalMatters, 09/30/2024
Looking for Environmental Justice Through the Smog
A serious air pollutant prevalent in underserved communities, Superfund hazardous waste sites nearby, public drinking water systems out of compliance. All are new or enhanced insights found in an improved version of the federal government’s EJScreen data tool. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reviews the changes and how they can be used to tell stories of real people’s daily lives.
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"How The Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across The US"
"Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion, a new Guardian investigation reveals."
Source: Guardian, 09/27/2024
US Company Uses Government Funds To Suppress Global Pesticide Opposition
"In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and other health problems. Publicly, the industry’s lead trade association dubbed the recommendations “unfounded and sensational assertions”. In private, industry advocates have gone further."
Source: The New Lede, 09/27/2024
Outstanding Beat Reporting, Large: SEJ 23rd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Beat Reporting, Large winners of the 2024 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read/watch the stories.
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2024 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner
This annual award recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2024 Stolberg award goes to Emilia Askari, who joined SEJ in 1990. She is one of SEJ's most engaged, most impactful and longest-serving volunteers. In addition to being SEJ’s second president — the first woman and journalist of color to serve in that role — she has been conference co-chair twice; a mentor many times; a member of the awards committee, editorial advisory board, DEI committee, fundraising committee; and an organizer and speaker at countless SEJ panels and events.
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Coequal Catastrophes — Quammen on Climate Change, Extinction and Epidemics
Biodiversity loss can seem like a remote and abstract problem that pales in comparison to climate worries. But award-winning author David Quammen sees them as coequal threats, along with emerging diseases, and encourages journalists to illuminate the relationships between them. His advice includes getting out of big cities to see the extinction crisis firsthand and weaving humor and hope into your writing.
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In NYC And Elsewhere, Climate Protesters Say Action Isn’t Fast Enough
"Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon."
Source: AP, 09/23/2024
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