SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues
Read SEJ's February 6, 2012, letter to Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chair Harris condemning ejection of Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's subcommittee hearing on EPA's policies and enforcement of water quality issues surrounding natural gas drilling or "fracking."
New US Strategy for Coping with Climate Change Open for Comment
NOAA, the USFWS, and the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (representing all state and wildlife agencies) released on Jan. 19, 2012, a draft of the first national strategy for responding to climate change effects on plants, fish and wildlife. The public comment period is open until March 5, 2012, and public meetings and a webinar will occur until Feb. 22, 2012.
SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Events
Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Submit yours. Deadline Feb 8, 2012: The East-West Center's 2012 Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange, June 12-25, will focus on the impact of 2012 presidential elections and the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on the bilateral relationship. Deadline Feb 15, 2012: Fund for Investigative Journalism offers grants for investigations of economic inequities and climate change issues, in addition to watchdog reporting within the U.S. Reporting for ethnic media is also strongly encouraged.
Fund for Environmental Journalism Announces Winter 2011 Awards
SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) will grant $11,707 to seven journalism projects in Round Four, to cover travel, soil-testing, survey, telecommunications, and document-access expenses for print, audio, video, photo and online news. Photo: Winner Valerie Wigglesworth, The Dallas Morning News.
