SEJ Calls for Passage of Federal Journalist Shield Law
November 26, 2024 — The Society of Environmental Journalists urges the U.S. Senate to pass S. 2074, the bipartisan PRESS Act, in the current Congress. It is urgently needed and long overdue.
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DEADLINE: Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellowships
U.S.-based journalists with at least three years' experience are invited to apply by Dec 20, 2024 for this no-cost, intensive program which will bring professional journalists to Atlanta to sharpen their investigative reporting skills under the guidance of some of the most accomplished reporters and editors in the industry.
DEADLINE: CatchLight Global Fellowship
Visual storytellers worldwide are invited to apply by Dec 14, 2024 for this life-time fellowship supporting those who want to cultivate significant audience engagement through inventive distribution methods that will increase the impact of their work. $30,000 award, trip to the 2025 summit, coaching and more.
DEADLINE: Down to Earth — The Challenge of Reporting the Environment
This Fetisov Journalism Awards' Winning Stories webinar will provide insights into how winners coped with pressures, the ethical choices they had to make and what can be done to make reporting the environment safer and more secure. 13:00 UTC / 8:00 a.m. EST.
Chesapeake: "The Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Was Near Average In 2024, Sort Of"
"The Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone,” a closely watched indicator of the estuary’s health, started early this summer with worse than normal conditions before dramatically improving by early August, scientists recently reported."
Source: Bay Journal, 11/26/2024
House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist"
"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."
Source: AP, 11/26/2024
Texas Reaches $12.6 Million Settlement On 2019 Port Neches Chemical Blast
"Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday."
Source: Texas Tribune, 11/26/2024
"Trump Has Vowed To Kill Offshore Wind Energy — But It Might Not Be Easy"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the East Coast, but the biggest wind farm proposed in the Gulf of Mexico will likely stay on track."
Source: Grist, 11/26/2024
"The Plastics Crisis Is Now A Global Human Health Crisis, Experts Say"
"Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals, along with microplastics, throughout the human body, raising alarm among scientists about widespread health effects, including reduced fertility and increased obesity."
Source: Mongabay, 11/26/2024
Drugs, Hormones And Excrement: Polluting Mexican Pig Farms Supply The World
"Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment"
Source: Guardian, 11/26/2024
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