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Key National Dam Database Gets Major Upgrade

Tens of thousands of dams around the United States provide important functions — but also represent critical environment or public safety risks. Now, one central resource to help environmental journalists cover these structures has been improved in important ways. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox walks you through the main changes to the National Inventory of Dams, and points out some lingering weaknesses.

#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ member Kristoffer Tigue! Kristoffer is an environmental justice reporter for Inside Climate News, where he also manages the organization's social media and writes the Today's Climate newsletter — a twice-a-week digest and analysis of news related to our rapidly warming world. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

#SEJ2022 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, March 30-April 3

Registration is open for SEJ's 31st Annual Conference in Houston, hosted by Rice University. The #SEJ2022 conference will focus on environmental health and justice, energy and climate change, and oceans and coasts. Check out the agenda and register soon for early-bird pricing (~~ends Jan 15~~ extended to Jan 31) and to get your choice of our all-day Wednesday workshops and Thursday tours.

SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Jan 14, 2022 deadline: Enter your photo series into the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards' Professional competition. Win $25,000 USD, Sony digital imaging equipment and more. No entry fee.

SEJ Publication Highlights

Grantee Suits Up To Ask If Honeybees Harm Native Species

01/12/2022 – When Colorado-based freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham suited up in protective gear to investigate if commercial honeybee hives on public lands impact native bee populations, as well as to meet with federal scientists and visit a bee study site, it was a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant that helped her do it. Oldham shares her experience and advice in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

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The 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment

01/05/2022 – SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. The guide is rolling out in early January, with new features to be added through to its formal launch in late January at an annual roundtable organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists. Check out the guide's various Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDog reports, and watch for new reports to come, including an overview analysis and more from the roundtable itself.

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Reporters Reveal ‘Decades of Deceit’ Over Underground Water Contamination

01/05/2022 – A trove of confidential documents about a well-known groundwater pollution problem helped journalists Paul LaRocco and David M. Schwartz uncover how much had actually been hidden about the contamination’s severity and how it could have been kept from worsening. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, LaRocco and Schwartz share the story behind their award-winning investigation.

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EJToday: Headlines

"The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year On Record"

AP, 01/14/2022
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment

New Yorker, 01/14/2022
"The US 'Megadrought' Sets Another Stunning Record"

CNN, 01/14/2022
"Still No Penalties for Coastal GasLink Environmental Violations"

The Tyee, 01/14/2022
"How California Plans To Spend $37 Billion Fighting Climate Change"

LA Times, 01/14/2022
Six in 10 Americans ‘Alarmed’ Or ‘Concerned’ About Climate Change: Study

Guardian, 01/14/2022
Plants At Risk Of Extinction As Climate Disrupts Animal Migration

Guardian, 01/14/2022
"Postal Service: Here’s The Price Tag For 100% EVs"

E&E News, 01/14/2022
"Manatee Feeding Experiment Starts Slowly As Cold Looms"

AP, 01/14/2022
"CDC Warns Americans: Don’t Kiss Or Snuggle Your Bearded Dragon"

HuffPost, 01/14/2022

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