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July 20, 2023

AHCJ Webinar: Covering High-Risk Lab Accidents and the COVID-19 Origins Story

In this Association of Health Care Journalists webinar, investigative reporter Alison Young will talk about her book; provide context about what is known about what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and about lab leaks more broadly; and offer resources and tips for staying on top of this very timely issue. 2 p.m. ET.

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U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean

"The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, despite vehement international opposition."

Source: NPR, 07/07/2023

Ursine Odyssey Seeks Insight Into Future for Bears

A new book takes readers around the planet to better understand the world’s eight bear species and our relationships with them, including not just how we’ve popularized some but also the many ways we’ve mistreated or pushed others to the brink of extinction. In the new BookShelf, Frances Backhouse reviews Gloria Dickie’s just-published volume, “Eight Bears.” Plus, Freelance Files interviews Dickie.

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World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born

"Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. ....Now, a new study shows that the accident ,,, affected not just those who were exposed to the gas that night but also the generation of babies still in the womb when the accident happened."

Source: NPR, 06/21/2023
June 30, 2023

DEADLINE: Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowships to COP28

The Climate Change Media Partnership, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security is offering fellowships for journalists interested in covering the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, Nov 30-Dec 12, 2023. Apply by Jun 30.

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