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March 26, 2020

New Imaginings: Storytelling, Science and Activism Featuring Novelist Richard Powers

Award-winning environmental journalist and SEJ board president Meera Subramanian will host this free event, 4:30-7:00 p.m. at Princeton University in New Jersey, featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Powers, author of "The Overstory"; Robin Wall Kimmerer, SUNY professor of environmental biology and author of "Braiding Sweetgrass"; and forest activist Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology. Will be available to watch online post-event.

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Data Project Details Nation's Disintegrating Dams

Hundreds of U.S. dams are at risk, and the Associated Press undertook a massive two-year-long investigative reporting project to gather and sort data that would identify those presenting the greatest hazards. In this guest Reporter’s Toolbox, AP data journalist Michelle Minkoff details the news service’s painstaking process, its striking findings and the impact of its reporting. Plus, key lessons learned for other data news projects.

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September 22, 2020 to September 23, 2020

Responsible Business Summit New York 2020

Ethical Corporation, by Reuters Events, is hosting the Responsible Business Summit New York on Sep 22-23, 2020, and are looking for your attendance as press. 750+ CEOs, Chief Sustainability Officers, ESG investors and leading NGOs will be sharing their latest strategies on how to lead the decade of action. Key topics include climate adaption, ESG going mainstream, ROI of sustainability, ESG disclosures and building a 21st century supply chain.

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"Thousands of Lead Pipes Tainting N.J. Water Will Be Replaced"

"Trenton Water Works — a 200-year-old utility that is owned and operated by the city and serves 217,000 customers in Trenton, Hamilton, Lawrence, Ewing and Hopewell Township — plans to spend $150 million over the next five years to replace more than 36,000 lead service lines in the water system."

Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 01/20/2020

Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs

Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern. 

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